Feature request: function to return which format was recognized. about anytime

[eddelbuettel]

Interesting. I guess they would have to override the system library century detection.

I actually think anytime mostly rejects %y on principle but users can of course add it.

I'll look into keeping 'state' with an internal variable about the format used, and an accessor could then report it.

[eddelbuettel]

Ok, I looked the original post. I think the user is simply out ot luck:

> datevec <- c("19-10-02", "11/19/2006", "9/9/2011", "12/29/2010", "10/18/93")    
> anytime::anydate(datevec)           
[1] NA           "2006-11-19" "2011-09-09" "2010-12-29" NA                 
>

The first and last formats are clearly discouraged by our documentation: if you use two-year date, you run a risk of bad outcomes.

anytime does not try to be a mindreader. It will do reasoanable things for reasonable inputs in a speedy and reliable way with less fuss than most of the alternative (no formats, no "origin", flexible with multiple formats). But it doesn't master metaphysis: garbage in still leads to garbage out. I am not sure there is anything actionable in this r-help email.

[eddelbuettel]

Closed for lack of follow-up.