Date and Time—Lubridate

The lubridate package is popular for working with date and time data. It provides a suite of functions that simplify many everyday operations that data scientists need to perform with date-time data, including re-formatting, calculating intervals, adding periods of time, and converting time zones. With lubridate, working with date and time data can be more accessible, especially when new to R.

In this lesson, we’ll explore the pros and cons of lubridate, use cases for data scientists, and provide examples of key functions and their arguments. We’ll also discuss common issues to be aware of when working with date and time data.