lubridate (version 1.3.2)

date_decimal: Converts a decimal to a date.

Description

Converts a decimal to a date.

Usage

date_decimal(decimal, tz = NULL)

Arguments

decimal

a numeric object

tz

the time zone required

Value

• a POSIXct object, whose year corresponds to the integer part of decimal. The months, days, hours, minutes and seconds elements are picked so the date-time will accurately represent the fraction of the year expressed by decimal.

Examples

date <- ymd("2009-02-10")
decimal <- decimal_date(date)  # 2009.11
date_decimal(decimal) # "2009-02-10 UTC"