cut.dates {chron}R Documentation

Create a Factor from a chron or dates object

Usage

cut.dates(x, breaks, labels, start.on.monday = T)

Arguments

x chron or dates object (see chron), character dates such as "10/04/91" or Julian dates).
breaks either a vector of break points (a dates vector, character dates such as "10/04/91" or Julian dates), a constant specifying number of equally spaced intervals extending from min(x)-1 to max(x)+1, or one of the strings in c("days", "weeks", "months", "year") specifying a time period.
labels character labels for intervals.
start.on.monday should weeks be assumed to start on Mondays? Default is TRUE. Set to FALSE if weeks start on Sundays; for other days of the week specify the corresponding number: Sunday == 0, Monday == 1, Tuesday == 2, ...{}, Saturday == 6.

Value

an ordered factor whose levels represent the various time intervals.

See Also

seq.dates


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