Table (data.table) defining a categorical variable for grouping data based on date.
Details
- TemporalCategory
character() Value of the temporal category
- StartDay
integer() Day of month for first day in the temporal category (1-based)
- StartMonth
integer() Month for first day in the temporal category (1-based)
- StartYear
optional integer() Year for which the category is defined, omit this column for seasonal definitions.
Start and end of year is not implied as category delimitations when not included. If 1st of January is not defined as the start of a category, it is taken to be included in the last category of the preceding year.