Epoch offset for chronons

Returns the epoch offset for a given chronon (time unit). The epoch defines the starting point of the chronon's linear numbering, used when converting from internal representations to common displays (e.g. applying an epoch of 1970-01-01).

Usage

chronon_epoch(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A chronon (time unit) object.

...

Additional arguments for methods.

Value

A numeric value representing the epoch for the chronon.

Examples

# The epoch for year linear time displays is 1970
chronon_epoch(cal_gregorian$year(1L))
#> [1] 1970