Convert Column in Data Frame To Date

columnToDate(df, column, dbg = TRUE)

Arguments

df

data frame

column

name of column in x

dbg

if TRUE a debug message is shown

Value

df with column converted to class Date with as.Date

Examples

df <- data.frame(id = 1:2, date = c("2018-10-23", "2018-10-23")) str(df)
#> 'data.frame': 2 obs. of 2 variables: #> $ id : int 1 2 #> $ date: Factor w/ 1 level "2018-10-23": 1 1
df <- columnToDate(df, "date")
#> Converting column 'date' to Date ... ok.
str(df)
#> 'data.frame': 2 obs. of 2 variables: #> $ id : int 1 2 #> $ date: Date, format: "2018-10-23" "2018-10-23"