ym2yp {bimets}

yearmon to Year-Period Conversion

Description

This function transforms an input variable of class yearmon() into an equivalent two-dimensional numerical array of type c(YEAR,PERIOD).

Usage

ym2yp(x = NULL)

Arguments

x

Input of class yearmon()

Value

This function returns a two-dimensional numerical array of type c(YEAR,PERIOD).

See Also

date2yp
yq2yp
GETDATE

Examples

  
  #day and month names can change depending on locale
  Sys.setlocale('LC_ALL','C')
  Sys.setlocale('LC_TIME','C')
  
  print(ym2yp(as.yearmon("Dec 2013"))); #print c(2013,12)
  print(ym2yp(c(as.yearmon('Jan 2000'),as.yearmon('Dec 1987'),
        as.yearmon('Jan 2003'),as.yearmon('Mar 2012'))))