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format.chron

Format a chron object

Format a chron object.

## S3 method for class 'chron'
format(x, format = att$format, origin. = att$origin,
       sep = " ",  simplify, enclosed = c("(", ")"), ...)

`x`	A chron object.
`format`	As in `chron` or a single character string with percent codes as detailed in `strptime`.
`origin.`	As in `chron`.
`sep`	A character string that separates the dates and times in the output. Ignored if percent codes are used in `format`.
`simplify`	As in `format.dates`. Ignored if percent codes are used in `format`.
`enclosed`	A character vector of length 2 containing the strings that begin and end each output date/time. Ignored if percent codes are used in `format`.
`...`	Not currently used.

A character vector.

format(chron(0, 0), c("yy/m/d", "h:m:s"), sep = "T", enclose = c("", ""))
format(chron(0, 0), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S") # same

Chronological Objects which can Handle Dates and Times

v2.3-56

GPL-2

Authors

David James [aut] (S original), Kurt Hornik [aut, trl, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4198-9911>), Gabor Grothendieck [ctb], R Core Team [ctb]

Initial release