messydates

A Flexible Class for Messy Dates

v0.5.4 · Jun 2, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Contains a set of tools for constructing and coercing into and from the "mdate" class. This date class implements ISO 8601-2:2019(E) and allows regular dates to be annotated to express unspecified date components, approximate or uncertain date components, date ranges, and sets of dates. This is useful for describing and analysing temporal information, whether historical or recent, where date precision may vary.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026

ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026

ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [5s/4s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > library(testthat)
  > library(messydates)
  > 
  > test_check("messydates")
  Starting 2 test processes.
  > test-class_duration.R: Converting to mdate class.
  > test-class_duration.R: Converting to mdate class.
  Error in file(file, mode) : cannot open the connection
  Calls: test_check ... FUN -> <Anonymous> -> rs_call -> save_function_to_temp
  Execution halted

OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 8, 2026

WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 7, 2026

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

PDF version of manual

LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
This typically indicates Rd problems.
LaTeX errors found:

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Reverse Dependencies (3)

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manydata

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manystates poldis

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Version History

12 tracked

new 0.5.4 Mar 10, 2026

updated 0.5.4 ← 0.5.3 diff Jun 1, 2025

updated 0.5.3 ← 0.5.2 diff Mar 19, 2025

updated 0.5.2 ← 0.4.1 diff Mar 6, 2025

updated 0.4.1 ← 0.3.5 diff Apr 18, 2024

updated 0.3.5 ← 0.3.3 diff Jan 19, 2023

updated 0.3.3 ← 0.3.1 diff Dec 20, 2022

updated 0.3.1 ← 0.3.0 diff Jul 20, 2022

updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.1 diff Jun 1, 2022

updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Feb 22, 2022

updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.1 diff Nov 11, 2021

new 0.1.1 Jul 18, 2021