When managing project timelines, you often receive dates as character strings that must be converted to proper date objects and formatted for clear reporting. This is a common task in project management, where consistency and readability of date formats are crucial for communication. In this challenge, you will work with a vector of character dates representing project milestones. Your goal is to convert these strings into `Date` objects and then format them in a style suitable for a client-facing timeline: `"Month Day, Year"` (such as `"March 5, 2023"`).


library(testthat)

source("user_code.R")
test_that("output is character vector of same length as input", {
  input <- c("2023-03-05", "2023-06-15", "2023-09-30")
  output <- convert_and_format_dates(input)
  expect_equal(length(output), length(input),
               info = "Output vector should have the same length as input.")
  expect_equal(typeof(output), "character",
               info = "Output should be a character vector.")
})

test_that("output is formatted as 'Month Day, Year'", {
  input <- c("2023-03-05", "2023-06-15", "2023-09-30")
  output <- convert_and_format_dates(input)
  expect_equal(output[1], "March 5, 2023",
               info = "First date should be formatted as 'March 5, 2023'.")
  expect_equal(output[2], "June 15, 2023",
               info = "Second date should be formatted as 'June 15, 2023'.")
  expect_equal(output[3], "September 30, 2023",
               info = "Third date should be formatted as 'September 30, 2023'.")
})

test_that("handles multiple date strings", {
  input <- c("2022-01-01", "2022-12-31", "2023-07-04")
  output <- convert_and_format_dates(input)
  expect_equal(output, c("January 1, 2022", "December 31, 2022", "July 4, 2023"),
               info = "Should correctly process multiple dates including different years.")
})

test_that("handles dates at beginning and end of year", {
  input <- c("2022-01-01", "2022-12-31")
  output <- convert_and_format_dates(input)
  expect_equal(output[1], "January 1, 2022",
               info = "Should correctly format beginning of year date.")
  expect_equal(output[2], "December 31, 2022",
               info = "Should correctly format end of year date.")
})

test_main.R

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Challenge: Convert and Format Dates

Solution

Challenge: Convert and Format Dates

Solution