datestr2num            package:clim.pact            R Documentation

_d_a_t_e_s_t_r_2_n_u_m

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Converts a date string to number.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     datestr2num(datestr,vec=TRUE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 datestr: A date string (character). Types of stings may be
          "01-Jan-1980","1-1-1980", "01-01-1980", "1980-1-1",
          "1980-Jan-1"

     vec: TRUE returns a vector 'c(year,month,day)'; FALSE returns
          'year + month/12 + day/31'.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A number or a vector

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     R.E. Benestad

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     datestr2num("01-Jan-1980")
     datestr2num("1-1-1980")
     datestr2num("01-01-1980")
     datestr2num("1980-1-1")
     datestr2num("1980-Jan-1")

