Training how to post a reprex - unknown NA value in date column

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I am training how to post a reprex, so that going forward I know how to ask you wonderful people lots of questions. w

Describe your issue

  • unknown NA value in date column
  • R Training issue
  • Timeline/urgency
  • Not urgent and nothing sensitive

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  • none

Provide an example of your R code

# install and load packages
pacman::p_load(rio, janitor, datapasta, reprex, styler, tidyverse, here)

# import data
surv_raw <- data.frame(
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE,
  case_id = c("694928","86340d","92d002","544bd1","6056ba"),
  sex = c("m", "f", "f", "f", "f"),
  onset_date = c("11/9/2014","10/30/2014","8/16/2014","8/29/2014","10/20/2014"))

# try to convert column to class "Date"
surv_clean <- surv_raw %>% 
  clean_names() %>% 
  mutate(onset_date = ymd(onset_date))

# check the CLEANED date column class and date range
class(surv_clean$onset_date)
range(surv_clean$onset_date)
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Hello @donna.kilmartin

# load packages 
pacman::p_load(here,
               rio,
               janitor, 
               tidyverse, 
               lubridate,
               datapasta,    # to make sample data 
               reprex        # reprodce yor data
               )
# import data 

surv_raw <- data.frame(
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE,
  check.names = FALSE,
  case_id = c("694928", "86340d", "92d002", "544bd1", "6056ba"),
  `onset date` = c("11/9/2014","10/30/2014",
                   "8/16/2014","8/29/2014","10/20/2014")
)

# data cleaning 
surv_clean <-  surv_raw %>% 
  clean_names() %>% 
  mutate(onset_date = ymd(onset_date))
#> Warning: There was 1 warning in `mutate()`.
#> ℹ In argument: `onset_date = ymd(onset_date)`.
#> Caused by warning:
#> ! All formats failed to parse. No formats found.

class(surv_clean$onset_date)
#> [1] "Date"
range(surv_clean$onset_date)
#> [1] NA NA

Created on 2024-03-12 with reprex v2.1.0

Session info

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Good evening,

Please see the following thread for a solution to this problem: Exercise for R Training course: Unexpected NA value in date column - #2 by machupovirus

All the best,

Tim