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is.instant

Is x a date-time object?

Description

An instant is a specific moment in time. Most common date-time objects (e.g, POSIXct, POSIXlt, and Date objects) are instants.

Usage

is.instant(x)

is.timepoint(x)

Arguments

`x`	an R object

Value

TRUE if x is a POSIXct, POSIXlt, or Date object, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

is.instant(as.Date("2009-08-03")) # TRUE
is.timepoint(5) # FALSE

lubridate

Make Dealing with Dates a Little Easier

v1.7.10

GPL (>= 2)

Authors

Vitalie Spinu [aut, cre], Garrett Grolemund [aut], Hadley Wickham [aut], Ian Lyttle [ctb], Imanuel Costigan [ctb], Jason Law [ctb], Doug Mitarotonda [ctb], Joseph Larmarange [ctb], Jonathan Boiser [ctb], Chel Hee Lee [ctb], Google Inc. [ctb, cph]

Initial release