Get the season from a date

get_season takes a date (or set of dates) and returns the corresponding season(s).

Usage

get_season(
  dates = Sys.time(),
  as_factor = FALSE,
  include_year = FALSE,
  include_months = FALSE,
  use_autumn = FALSE
)

Arguments

dates

A Date or POSIXct vector of dates to get the season for. Defaults to Sys.time().

as_factor

A logical indicating whether the output should be a factor or a character vector. Defaults to FALSE.

include_year

A logical indicating whether the output should include the year of the season or not. Defaults to FALSE.

include_months

A logical indicating whether the output should include the months of the season or not. Defaults to FALSE.

use_autumn

A logical indicating whether "Autumn" should be used instead of "Fall". Defaults to FALSE.

Value

If as_factor = FALSE (default), a character vector with the season(s) and optionally the year/months. If as_factor = TRUE, a factor of the above with chronological levels.