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This function formats a date in a long format (see return value). The format takes the current language setting into account (see gtl_opt_set_i18n()).

Usage

gtl_full_date(date)

Arguments

date

A date in YYYY-MM-DD format

Value

A formated day month year (%d %B %Y) date

Examples

# Set en english locale
gtl_opt_set_i18n("en_US")
gtl_full_date("2020-02-20")
#> [1] "20 February 2020"

# Set a french locale
gtl_opt_set_i18n("fr_FR")
gtl_full_date("2020-02-20")
#> Warning: OS reports request to set locale to "fr_FR.UTF-8" cannot be honored
#> [1] "20 February 2020"