This is a core function for checking if start dates are duplicated or earlier than last visit's (possible datetime data entry error), can be used in separate checks for each domain
dtc_dupl_early(dts, vars, groupby, dtc, ...)dataframe with records of duplicated or earlier than last visit date
dataset, e.g. EX
variables in a form c("USUBJID", "EXTRT", "VISITNUM", "VISIT", "EXSTDTC")
variables used for grouping and visit.order derivation
the date variable
variables used for ordering before visit.order derivation
James Zhang