neonSoilFlux (version 1.0.0)

inside_interval: Determine if a YYYY-MM string is inside a interval

Description

Determine if a YYYY-MM string is inside a interval

Usage

inside_interval(start, end, reference_time)

Value

Logical indicating whether or not the reference time is inside the interval. We need this when working with downloaded NEON data which usually comes in a YYYY-MM string

Arguments

start

starting interval time

end

ending interval time

reference_time

time we are comparing to - YYYY-MM string

Author

John Zobitz

Examples

# Define starting and ending dates:
start_date <- as.POSIXct("2021-06-01 09:30:00",tz="UTC")
end_date <- as.POSIXct("2023-06-01 20:00:00",tz="UTC")

# Test, should return TRUE
inside_interval(start_date,end_date,"2022-06")

# Test, should return FALSE
inside_interval(start_date,end_date,"2020-06")