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Finding the Earliest Date in R

Steven Sanderson puts on the archaeologist’s fedora and bullwhip:

Greetings, fellow data enthusiasts! Today, we embark on a quest to uncover the earliest date lurking within a column of dates using the power of R. Whether you’re a seasoned R programmer or a curious newcomer, fear not, for we shall navigate through this journey step by step, unraveling the mysteries of date manipulation along the way.

Imagine you have a dataset filled with dates, and you’re tasked with finding the earliest one among them. How would you tackle this challenge? Fear not, for R comes to our rescue with its arsenal of functions and packages.

Click through to see how, keeping those pernicious missing values in mind.