Convert age from various units to days.

This function takes an age input that can be in years, months, days, or as a combination of birthdate and date of assessment.

Usage

age_in_days(age = NULL, age_unit = NULL, dob = NULL, date_assessed = NULL)

Arguments

age

Numeric value representing the age.

age_unit

(Optional) A character string specifying the unit of the input age ('years', 'months', 'days').

dob

(Optional) The date of birth as a character string in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

date_assessed

(Optional) The date of assessment as a character string in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

Value

Numeric value representing the age in days.

Examples

age_in_days(10, "years")  # Returns the age in days
#> [1] 3652.5
age_in_days(120, "months")  # Returns the age in days
#> [1] 3652.5