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Calculate time difference and return a number

Usage

time_delta(t1, t2, units = "secs")

Arguments

t1

time start

t2

time end

units

character, choices are 'secs', 'mins', 'hours', and 'days'

Value

numeric difference of time in units specified

Examples

a = Sys.time()
Sys.sleep(0.3)
b = Sys.time()

time_delta(a, b) # In seconds, around 0.3
#> [1] 0.3017113
time_delta(a, b, 'mins') # in minutes, around 0.005
#> [1] 0.005028522