lubridate (version 0.2.5)

decimal_date: Converts a date to a decimal of its year.

Description

Converts a date to a decimal of its year.

Usage

decimal_date(date)

Arguments

date
a POSIXt or Date object

Value

  • a numeric object where the date is expressed as a fraction of its year

Examples

Run this code
date <- as.POSIXlt("2009-02-10")
decimal_date(date)  # 2009.109}

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