How to Change a Birthday Object to Age in R (Example Code)
In this tutorial, I’ll illustrate how to switch a birthday date to the age in the R programming language.
Creation of Example Data
dob <- as.Date("1985-11-05") # Specify date of birth dob # [1] "1985-11-05" |
dob <- as.Date("1985-11-05") # Specify date of birth dob # [1] "1985-11-05"
dto <- Sys.Date() # Save date of today dto # [1] "2021-09-02" |
dto <- Sys.Date() # Save date of today dto # [1] "2021-09-02"
Example: Apply age_calc() Function of eeptools Package to Convert Date of Birth to Age
install.packages("eeptools") # Install & load eeptools package library("eeptools") |
install.packages("eeptools") # Install & load eeptools package library("eeptools")
floor(age_calc(dob, dto, units = "years")) # Calculate age # [1] 35 |
floor(age_calc(dob, dto, units = "years")) # Calculate age # [1] 35