Add a Datetime Column to Position 1

Add a Datetime Column to Position 1

datetime_to_col(data, var = "datetime")

Arguments

data	A dataframe or tibble.
var	Character string of new column name.

See also

mutate,select,reexports

Examples

library(tidyverse)
test_data <- 
        tibble(Fruits = 
                       c("Apples and pears",
                         "Citrus – oranges, grapefruits, mandarins and limes",
                         "Stone fruit – nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums",
                         "Tropical and exotic – bananas and mangoes",
                         "Berries – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwifruit and passionfruit")
        )

# Datetime 
datetime_to_col(data = test_data,
                var = "test_datetime")
#> # A tibble: 5 x 2
#>   test_datetime       Fruits                                                    
#>   <dttm>              <chr>                                                     
#> 1 2021-01-07 00:01:54 Apples and pears                                          
#> 2 2021-01-07 00:01:54 Citrus – oranges, grapefruits, mandarins and limes        
#> 3 2021-01-07 00:01:54 Stone fruit – nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums     
#> 4 2021-01-07 00:01:54 Tropical and exotic – bananas and mangoes                 
#> 5 2021-01-07 00:01:54 Berries – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwifru…


# Date 
date_to_col(data = test_data,
            var = "test_date")
#> # A tibble: 5 x 2
#>   test_date  Fruits                                                             
#>   <date>     <chr>                                                              
#> 1 2021-01-07 Apples and pears                                                   
#> 2 2021-01-07 Citrus – oranges, grapefruits, mandarins and limes                 
#> 3 2021-01-07 Stone fruit – nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums              
#> 4 2021-01-07 Tropical and exotic – bananas and mangoes                          
#> 5 2021-01-07 Berries – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwifruit and pa…