asDate function

convert date DDmmmYYYY to Date

asDate(getDateValues, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)

Arguments

• getDateValues: character date, in format recognized by dateFormat
• dateFormat: character string representing the recognized date format, by default "DDmmmYYYY", which recognizes "23aug2007".
• ...: additional parameters are ignored.

Returns

Date object

Details

This function converts a text date string to Date object, mainly to allow date-related math operations, for example difftime.

Examples

asDate(getDate());

See Also

Other jam date functions: dateToDaysOld(), getDate()