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parse_date

Parse date/time

Description

Can be used to parse dates appearing in http response headers such as Expires or Last-Modified. Automatically recognizes most common formats. If the format is known, strptime might be easier.

Usage

parse_date(datestring)

Arguments

datestring

a string consisting of a timestamp

Examples

# Parse dates in many formats
parse_date("Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT")
parse_date("06 Nov 1994 08:49:37")
parse_date("20040911 +0200")

curl

A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R

v4.3.1

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Jeroen Ooms [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-0289>), Hadley Wickham [ctb], RStudio [cph]

Initial release