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Add numeric datetimes to data frame that only has character versions.

Source: R/ru_datetime.R
ru_datetime.Rd

Pass in a data frame and variables ending in "DTC" will have corresponding numeric versions created and saved.

Usage

ru_datetime(dsetin, includevars = NULL)

Arguments

dsetin

Incoming data frame to have numeric datetimes added.

includevars

Specify which variables ending in DTC will be processed.

Value

The incoming data frame with numeric dates and times added will be returned.

Author

Yongwei Wang, yongwei.x.wang@viivhealthcare.com
Chris Rook, cr883296@gmail.com

Examples

library(repfun)
library(knitr)
ae <- repfun::ru_datetime(repfun::ae)
knitr::kable(head(ae[,grepl('(DT$|TM$|DTC$)',names(ae))],5),
             caption = "After Invoking ru_labels()")
#> 
#> 
#> Table: After Invoking ru_labels()
#> 
#> |AEDTC      |AESTDTC    |AEENDTC    |AEDT       | AETM|AEDTM |AESTDT     | AESTTM|AESTDTM |AEENDT     | AEENTM|AEENDTM |
#> |:----------|:----------|:----------|:----------|----:|:-----|:----------|------:|:-------|:----------|------:|:-------|
#> |2014-01-16 |2014-01-03 |NA         |2014-01-16 |   NA|NA    |2014-01-03 |     NA|NA      |NA         |     NA|NA      |
#> |2014-01-16 |2014-01-03 |NA         |2014-01-16 |   NA|NA    |2014-01-03 |     NA|NA      |NA         |     NA|NA      |
#> |2014-01-16 |2014-01-09 |2014-01-11 |2014-01-16 |   NA|NA    |2014-01-09 |     NA|NA      |2014-01-11 |     NA|NA      |
#> |2012-08-27 |2012-08-26 |NA         |2012-08-27 |   NA|NA    |2012-08-26 |     NA|NA      |NA         |     NA|NA      |
#> |2012-08-27 |2012-08-07 |2012-08-30 |2012-08-27 |   NA|NA    |2012-08-07 |     NA|NA      |2012-08-30 |     NA|NA      |