decipher.M3.date {M3}

Decipher Models3 date format (YYYYDDD) into R's Date class.

Description

Decipher Models3 date format (YYYYDDD) into R's Date class.

Usage

decipher.M3.date(M3.date)

Arguments

M3.date

Date (numeric) in the format YYYYDDD, where DDD is a Julian day (since the beginning of year YYYY).

Value

Date specified by YYYYDDD in R's Date class.

Note

For more information about M3 date-time conventions, see
https://www.cmascenter.org/ioapi/documentation/all_versions/html/DATETIME.html.
This function is called by function get.datetime.seq, but it will probably not be called by most users.

Author(s)

Jenise Swall

References

https://www.cmascenter.org/ioapi/documentation/all_versions/html/DATETIME.html

See Also

DateTimeClasses,
get.datetime.seq,
decipher.M3.time

Examples

## Returns 2011-03-10, which is the 69th day of 2011.
decipher.M3.date(2011069)  

## Returns 2012-02-29.  This leap day is the 60th day of 2012.
decipher.M3.date(2012060)