days                  package:chron                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Given a chron or dates object, extract the year, quarter, month,
     day (within the month) or weekday (days within the week) of the
     date it represents.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     days(x)
     weekdays(x, abb = TRUE)
     months(x, abb = TRUE)
     quarters(x, abb = TRUE)
     years(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: a dates object. 

     abb: should abbreviated names be returned? Default is `TRUE'. 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     an ordered factor corresponding to days, weekdays, months,
     quarters, or years of `x' for the respective function.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     `is.weekend', `is.holiday'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     dts <- dates("07/01/78") + trunc(50 * rnorm(30))
     plot(weekdays(dts))
     plot(months(dts))

