what_time provides a satisficing version of
Sys.time() that is sufficient for most purposes.
what_time(when = NA, seconds = FALSE, sep = ":")Time (as a scalar or vector).
Default: when = NA.
Returning Sys.time(), if when = NA.
Boolean: Show time with seconds?
Default: seconds = FALSE.
Character: Separator to use.
Default: sep = ":".
what_time returns either a simple version of
when or Sys.time()
(in "
using current system settings.
cur_time() function to print the current time;
cur_date() function to print the current date;
now() function of the lubridate package;
Sys.time() function of base R.
Other date and time functions:
cur_date(),
cur_time(),
what_date(),
what_day(),
what_month(),
what_week(),
what_year()
# NOT RUN {
what_time()
# with vector (of times):
ts <- c("2020-01-14 01:02:03 CET", "2020-12-31 14:15:16")
what_time(ts)
what_time(ts, seconds = TRUE, sep = "_")
# }
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