Format date and datetime using journal conventions (ISO 8601)

Source: R/format_date.R

Functions for formatting dates and datetimes using ISO 8601 journal conventions.

format_date_as_journal(x = lubridate::today(), format = "%Y-%m-%d")

format_datetime_as_journal(
  x = lubridate::now(),
  format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
)

format_datetime_as_journal_file(
  x = lubridate::now(),
  format = "%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S"
)

Arguments

x

Date or datetime object to format

format

Character string specifying the desired format

Value

Character vector with journal-formatted dates/datetimes

Examples

# Format current date/time using journal conventions (ISO 8601)
format_date_as_journal()
#> [1] "2025-12-23"
format_datetime_as_journal()
#> [1] "2025-12-23 12:42:53"

# Format specific dates
format_date_as_journal(as.Date("2023-12-25"))
#> [1] "2023-12-25"
format_datetime_as_journal_file(as.POSIXct("2023-12-25 14:30:00"))
#> [1] "2023_12_25_143000"