This is my first time working with dates, so if the answer is "Duh, work
with POSIXt", please ignore it.
Why is not `round.Date` and `trunc.Date` "implemented" for `Date`?
Is this because `Date` is (mostly) a virtual class setup for a better
inheritance or is that something that is just missing? (like
`sort.data.frame`). Would R core welcome a patch?
I decided to convert some dates to date using `as.Date` function, which
converts to a plain `Date` class, because that felt natural.
But then when trying to round to closest year, I have realized that the
`round` and `trunc` for `Date` do not behave as for `POSIXt`.
I would assume that these will have equivalent output:
Sys.time() |> round("years") # 2024-01-01 NZDT
Sys.Date() |> round("years") # Error in round.default(...): non-numeric
argument to mathematical function
Looking at the code (and reading the documentation more carefully) shows
the issue, but this looks like an omission that should be patched.
-- Jirka
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