datestr2num {clim.pact}R Documentation

datestr2num

Description

Converts a date string to number.

Usage

datestr2num(datestr,vec=TRUE)

Arguments

datestr A date string (character). Types of stings may be "01-Jan-1980","1-1-1980", "01-01-1980", "1980-1-1", "1980-Jan-1"
vec TRUE returns a vector c(year,month,day); FALSE returns year + month/12 + day/31.

Value

A number or a vector

Author(s)

R.E. Benestad

Examples

datestr2num("01-Jan-1980")
datestr2num("1-1-1980")
datestr2num("01-01-1980")
datestr2num("1980-1-1")
datestr2num("1980-Jan-1")

[Package clim.pact version 2.2-15 Index]