Return Various Periods from a Chron or Dates Object

Usage

days(x)
weekdays(x, abb = TRUE)
months(x, abb = TRUE)
quarters(x, abb = TRUE)
years(x)

Arguments

x a dates object.
abb should abbreviated names be returned? Default is TRUE.

Value

an ordered factor corresponding to days, weekdays, months, quarters, or years of x for the respective function.

See Also

is.weekend, is.holiday

Examples

dts <- dates("07/01/78") + trunc(50 * rnorm(30))
plot(weekdays(dts))
plot(months(dts))

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