secuTrialR (version 1.1.1)

dates_secuTrial: Methods to handle date(times)s in secuTrial exports

Description

Converts dates and datetime variables to Date or POSIXct class, as appropriate.

Usage

dates_secuTrial(object, ...)
# S3 method for secuTrialdata
dates_secuTrial(object, ...)

Value

same as the original object with date variables converted to Dates.

Arguments

object

secuTrialdata object

...

further parameters

Details

New variables are created appended with .date or .datetime. This is a safety mechanism in case NAs are inadvertently introduced.

Examples

# prepare path to example export
export_location <- system.file("extdata", "sT_exports", "lnames",
                               "s_export_CSV-xls_CTU05_long_ref_miss_en_utf8.zip",
                               package = "secuTrialR")
# load all export data
sT_export <- read_secuTrial_raw(data_dir = export_location)
# prepare dates
sT_export_dates <- dates_secuTrial(sT_export)

# show parsed datetime example
sT_export_dates$ctu05baseline$hiv_date.datetime[1]
# [1] "2019-03-05 23:56:00 CET"
# show parsed date example
sT_export_dates$ctu05baseline$paracetamol_start.date[1]
# [1] "2019-03-05"