| is.holiday {chron} | R Documentation |
Determine the date represented by a chron or dates object is a weekend or a holiday.
is.weekend(x) is.holiday(x, holidays) .Holidays
x |
an object inheriting from "dates", or coercible to
"chron". |
holidays |
optional "chron" or "dates" object
listing holidays. If argument holidays is missing, either
the value of the object .Holidays (if it exists) or
NULL will be used. |
a logical object indicating whether the corresponding date is a
weekend in the case of is.weekend() or a holiday in the case of
is.holiday().
days,
weekdays.default,
months.default,
quarters.default,
years;
chron,
dates,
cut.dates,
seq.dates
dts <- dates("01/01/98") + trunc(365 * runif(50))
table(is.weekend(dts))
.Holidays
# New Year Memorial Indepen. Labor day Thanksgiving Christmas
# 01/01/92 05/25/92 07/04/92 09/07/92 11/26/92 12/25/92
# NOTE: Only these 6 holidays from 1992 are defined by default!