R: Converts a decimal to a date.

date_decimal {lubridate} | R Documentation

## Converts a decimal to a date.

### Description

Converts a decimal to a date.

### Usage

    date_decimal(decimal, tz = "UTC")

### Arguments

`decimal` | a numeric object
`tz` | the time zone required

### Value

a POSIXct object, whose year corresponds to the integer part of decimal. The months, days, hours, minutes and seconds elements are picked so the date-time will accurately represent the fraction of the year expressed by decimal.

### Examples

    date <- ymd("2009-02-10")
    decimal <- decimal_date(date)  # 2009.11
    date_decimal(decimal) # "2009-02-10 UTC"

[Package lubridate version 1.6.0 Index]