Compute the duration of an interval — int

This function computes the duration of an interval given its start and end points.

int_duration(start, end)

Arguments

start: A POSIXct object representing the start of the interval.
end: A POSIXct object representing the end of the interval.

Value

A Period object representing the duration of the interval.

Examples

## Scalar example

int_duration(
  start = lubridate::dmy_hms("15/01/2023 09:57:35", tz = "UTC"),
  end = lubridate::dmy_hms("18/01/2023 23:59:35", tz = "UTC")
)
#> [1] "3d 14H 2M 0S"
#> [1] "3d 14h 2m 0s" # Expected

## Vector example

int_duration(
  start = lubridate::dmy_hms(
    c("15/01/2023 09:57:35", "18/01/2023 09:57:35"),
    tz = "UTC"
  ),
  end = lubridate::dmy_hms(
    c("18/01/2023 23:59:35", "20/01/2023 23:59:35"),
    tz = "UTC"
  )
)
#> [1] "3d 14H 2M 0S" "2d 14H 2M 0S"
#> [1] "3d 14h 2m 0s" "2d 14h 2m 0s" # Expected