get simple date string in the format DDmonYYYY such as 17jul2018.
getDate(t = Sys.time(), trim = TRUE, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)
current time in an appropriate class such as "POSIXct"
or "POSIXt"
. The default is output of Sys.time()
.
logical
whether to trim the output of format()
in the event that multiple values are sent for argument t
.
character
string representing the recognized date
format, by default "DDmmmYYYY"
, which recognizes "23aug2007"
.
additional parameters sent to format()
.
character vector with simplified date string
Gets the current date in a simplified text string. Use
asDate()
to convert back to Date object.
Other jam date functions:
asDate()
,
dateToDaysOld()
getDate();
#> [1] "10jun2024"