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Detect and decode encrypted or non-standard date columns

Source: R/prep_dates.R
prep_parse_date_column.Rd

Inspects a column for date-like content and automatically selects the correct parsing strategy (Excel serial, Unix timestamp ms, ISO/DMY/MDY strings, reversed YYYYDDMM).

Usage

prep_parse_date_column(x, col_name = "date", table_label = "table")

Arguments

x

Vector (character, numeric, or Date-like) to parse.

col_name

Character. Column name used in messages.

table_label

Character. Table label used in messages.

Value

A Date vector of the same length as x.