hetu (version 1.1.0)

pin_age: Extract Age from Personal Identity Code

Description

Calculate age in years, months, weeks or days from personal identity codes.

Usage

pin_age(pin, date = Sys.Date(), timespan = "years", allow.temp = FALSE)
hetu_age(pin, date = Sys.Date(), timespan = "years", allow.temp = FALSE)

Value

Age as an integer vector.

Arguments

pin

Finnish personal identity code(s) as a character vector

date

Date at which age is calculated. If a vector is provided it must be of the same length as the pin argument.

timespan

Timespan to use to calculate age. The possible timespans are:

• years (Default)

• months

• weeks

• days

allow.temp

Allow artificial or temporary PINs (personal numbers 900-999). If FALSE (default), only PINs intended for official use (personal numbers 002-899) are allowed.

Examples

ex_pin <- c("010101-0101", "111111-111C")
pin_age(ex_pin, date = "2012-01-01")

ex_pin <- c("010101-0101", "111111-111C")
hetu_age(ex_pin, date = "2012-01-01")