Parse date in flexible format

Source: R/mayfly_utils.R

Parse dates in either "YYYY-MM-DD" or "YYYYMMDD" format and return both formats.

parse_date_flexible(date_input)

Arguments

date_input

character, date in either "YYYY-MM-DD" or "YYYYMMDD" format

Value

list with components:

  • date_standard: date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format

  • date_yyyymmdd: date in "YYYYMMDD" format

  • year: year as character

  • date_obj: Date object