Summary
We progressed a lot in this chapter and learned so much about datetime objects and variables. Knowing how to use them will enhance your analytical skills, opening room for better insights.
We started this chapter by learning how to create data objects. Next, we acquired knowledge on how to make good use of the lubridate library, and we are now able to parse dates in many different formats.
After that, the subject changed to math operations with date and time and all the specificities that surround it, including the usage of time zones. That was followed by guidance on how to use the customization power of regexp to parse dates out of texts.
Closing the chapter, we viewed a practical exercise where we used a dataset about songs containing a datetime variable, and how you can use that to extract insight for analysis.
The end of this chapter is also the completion of the building blocks for data wrangling. With it, we now have worked with the three major object types...
