Functions to retrieve, set or remove formats used for parsing dates.
The time and date parsing and conversion relies on trying a (given and fixed) number of timeformats. The format used is the one employed by the underlying implementation of the Boost date_time library.
getFormats() addFormats(fmt) removeFormats(fmt)
fmt |
A vector of character values in the form understood by Boost date_time |
Nothing in the case of addFormats; a character vector of
formats in the case of getFormats
Dirk Eddelbuettel
anytime-package and references therein
getFormats()
addFormats(c("%d %b %y", # two-digit date [not recommended], textual month
"%a %b %d %Y")) # weekday weeknumber four-digit year
removeFormats("%d %b %y") # remove firstPlease choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.