Check date format

Checks to see if format is YYYY-MM-DD. Also performs a few other date checks.

Usage

dateFormatCheck(date)

Arguments

date

character

Value

condition logical TRUE or FALSE if checks passed or failed

Examples

date <- '1985-01-01'
dateFormatCheck(date)
#> [1] TRUE
dateWrong <- '1999/1/7'
dateFormatCheck(dateWrong)
#> [1] FALSE