estimate.time.scale {bsts} | R Documentation |
Intervals between dates
Description
Estimate the time scale used in time series data.
Usage
EstimateTimeScale(dates)
Arguments
dates |
A sorted vector of class |
Value
A character string. Either "daily", "weekly", "yearly",
"monthly", "quarterly", or "other". The value is determined based on
counting the number of days between successive observations in dates
.
Author(s)
Steven L. Scott steve.the.bayesian@gmail.com
Examples
weekly.data <- as.Date(c("2011-10-01",
"2011-10-08",
"2011-10-15",
"2011-10-22",
"2011-10-29",
"2011-11-05"))
EstimateTimeScale(weekly.data) # "weekly"
almost.weekly.data <- as.Date(c("2011-10-01",
"2011-10-08",
"2011-10-15",
"2011-10-22",
"2011-10-29",
"2011-11-06")) # last day is one later
EstimateTimeScale(weekly.data) # "other"
[Package bsts version 0.9.10 Index]