R.oo (version 1.9.8)

getInstantiationTime.Object: Gets the time when the object was instantiated

Description

Gets the time when the object was instantiated (created) as a POSIXt object.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'Object':
getInstantiationTime(this, ...)

Arguments

...

Not used.

Value

• Returns a POSIXt object, which extends class POSIXct.

Details

The instantiation time stamp is set when the object is created, and only of option "R.oo::BasicObject/instantiationTime" is TRUE.

See Also

For more about time formats and POSIX see DateTimeClasses. For more information see Object.

Examples

oopts <- options("R.oo::Object/instantiationTime"=TRUE)
  obj <- Object()
  print(getInstantiationTime(obj))
  options(oopts)