Can be used to parse dates appearing in http response headers such
as Expires or Last-Modified. Automatically recognizes
most common formats. If the format is known, strptime
might be easier.
parse_date(datestring)
| datestring | a string consisting of a timestamp |
|---|
# Parse dates in many formats parse_date("Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT")#> [1] "1994-11-06 09:49:37 CET"parse_date("06 Nov 1994 08:49:37")#> [1] "1994-11-06 09:49:37 CET"parse_date("20040911 +0200")#> [1] "2004-09-11 CEST"