When parsing dates, you often need to know how weekdays of the week and
months are represented as text. This pair of functions allows you to either
create your own, or retrieve from a standard list. The standard list is
derived from ICU (https://site.icu-project.org) via the stringi package.
Usage
date_names(mon, mon_ab = mon, day, day_ab = day, am_pm = c("AM", "PM"))
date_names_lang(language)
date_names_langs()Arguments
- mon, mon_ab
Full and abbreviated month names.
- day, day_ab
Full and abbreviated week day names. Starts with Sunday.
- am_pm
Names used for AM and PM.
- language
A BCP 47 locale, made up of a language and a region, e.g.
"en_US"for American English. Seedate_names_langs()for a complete list of available locales.
Examples
date_names_lang("en")
#> <date_names>
#> Days: Sunday (Sun), Monday (Mon), Tuesday (Tue), Wednesday (Wed),
#> Thursday (Thu), Friday (Fri), Saturday (Sat)
#> Months: January (Jan), February (Feb), March (Mar), April (Apr), May
#> (May), June (Jun), July (Jul), August (Aug), September
#> (Sep), October (Oct), November (Nov), December (Dec)
#> AM/PM: AM/PM
date_names_lang("ko")
#> <date_names>
#> Days: 일요일 (일), 월요일 (월), 화요일 (화), 수요일 (수), 목요일 (목),
#> 금요일 (금), 토요일 (토)
#> Months: 1월, 2월, 3월, 4월, 5월, 6월, 7월, 8월, 9월, 10월, 11월, 12월
#> AM/PM: 오전/오후
date_names_lang("fr")
#> <date_names>
#> Days: dimanche (dim.), lundi (lun.), mardi (mar.), mercredi (mer.),
#> jeudi (jeu.), vendredi (ven.), samedi (sam.)
#> Months: janvier (janv.), février (févr.), mars (mars), avril (avr.), mai
#> (mai), juin (juin), juillet (juil.), août (août),
#> septembre (sept.), octobre (oct.), novembre (nov.),
#> décembre (déc.)
#> AM/PM: AM/PM