Q: An analyst comes across dates listed as strings in a dataset. For example, December 10th, 2020. To convert the strings to a date/time data type, which function should the analyst use?
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Q: One of the datasets an analyst encounters has dates labeled as strings. Take December 10, 2020, for instance. Which function ought the analyst to use to transform the strings into a date/time data type?
Answers
- lubridate()
- datetime()
- now()
- mdy()
Explanation: In this particular illustration, %B stands for the whole name of the month, %d stands for the day of the month, and %Y stands for the year as a decimal number including the century. Modify the format option so that it corresponds with the particular format used for the date strings included in the dataset.
