get simple date string in the format DDmonYYYY such as 17jul2018.

getDate(t = Sys.time(), trim = TRUE, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)

Arguments

t

current time in an appropriate class such as "POSIXct" or "POSIXt". The default is output of Sys.time().

trim

logical whether to trim the output of format() in the event that multiple values are sent for argument t.

dateFormat

character string representing the recognized date format, by default "DDmmmYYYY", which recognizes "23aug2007".

...

additional parameters sent to format().

Value

character vector with simplified date string

Details

Gets the current date in a simplified text string. Use asDate() to convert back to Date object.

See also

Other jam date functions: asDate(), dateToDaysOld()

Examples

getDate();
#> [1] "10jun2024"