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Creates a duration variable using the start and end time of the survey

Usage

add_duration(
  dataset,
  duration_column = "duration",
  uuid_column = "uuid",
  start_column = "start",
  end_column = "end"
)

Arguments

dataset

dataset to add the duration

duration_column

the name of the duration variable that will be created.

uuid_column

uuid column in the dataset. Default is uuid.

start_column

start time of the survey, in KOBO format (e.g "2021-07-14T14:02:24.955+03:00")

end_column

end time of the survey, in KOBO format (e.g "2021-07-14T14:03:28.955+03:00")

Value

the clean dataset with 6 new columns: duration, start_date, start_time, end_date, end_time, days_diff

Examples

test_data <- data.frame(
  start = c(
    "2021/07/13 11:25:49", "2021/07/13 12:36:16",
    "2021/07/13 10:21:10", "2021/07/13 10:54:07", "2021/07/13 11:18:45"
  ),
  end = c(
    "2021/07/13 12:02:39", "2021/07/13 13:20:17",
    "2021/07/13 10:53:42", "2021/07/13 11:28:58", "2021/07/13 11:55:24"
  ),
  uuid = 1:5
)

test_data_w_duration <- test_data %>%
  add_duration()

test_data_kobo_time <- data.frame(
  `X.U.FEFF.start` = c(
    "2021-07-13T11:25:49.543+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T12:36:16.316+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T10:21:10.337+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T10:54:07.394+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T11:18:45.521+03:00"
  ),
  end = c(
    "2021-07-14T12:02:39.269+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T13:20:17.815+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T10:53:42.662+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T11:28:58.295+03:00",
    "2021-07-13T11:55:24.366+03:00"
  ),
  uuid_column = 1:5
)
test_data_kobo_time_w_duration <- test_data_kobo_time %>%
  add_duration(start_column = "X.U.FEFF.start")