# messydates 0.5.4

## Coercion

- Improved how `as_messydates()` handles text with dates in American format,
e.g. October 10, 2010 (fixes #86)

# messydates 0.5.3

## Components

- Improved `year()` to be faster and work on durations
- Improved `precision()`
  - `precision()` is now a S3 generic, dispatching to `precision.mdate()`
  - `precision.mdate()` now returns the inverse of the previous measure,
  meaning maximising precision makes more sense

# messydates 0.5.2

## Package

- Moved `mreport()` to `{manydata}`
- Consolidated and renamed scripts internally

## Coerce to

- Fixed pkgdown#2855 by fixing how as_messydate methods interpret infinite dates
- Fixed time zone defaults in `as.POSIXct.mdate()` and `as.POSIXlt.mdate()`
- Fixed set bug in `validate_messydate()`

## Coerce from

- Renamed `as.numeric()` to `as.double()` to fix S3 dispatching
- Separated extrema functions into `min.mdate()` and `max.mdate()` for summaries 
and `vmin.mdate()` and `vmax.mdate()` for vector coercion
- Separated tendency functions into `mean.mdate()`, `median.mdate()`, and `modal.mdate()` for summaries 
and `vmean.mdate()`, `vmedian.mdate()`, and `vmodal.mdate()` for vector coercion
- Vector coercion previously in `random.mdate()` now in `vrandom.mdate()`
- Improved how coercion/resolution functions handle BCE dates

## Manipulation

- Fixed how `precision()` calculates precision

# messydates 0.5.1

## Package

- Fixed redirected url in README
- Fixed pkgdown help links

# messydates 0.5.0

## Package

- Dropped the vignettes as they were 'outdated'
- Dropped a number of tests to provide rapid testing framework
- Dropped `{tibble}` dependency by just using `{dplyr}`
- Updated Github workflows
- Updated testthat to version 3, tests now run in parallel
- Updated pkgdown to bootstrap 5
- Updated DESCRIPTION with config packages

## Functions

- Moved from `{stringr}` to `{stringi}` for _speed_
- Added `as.numeric.mdate()` and `as_messydate.numeric()` for coercing between messydates and numbers (closes #85)
- Added `seq.mdate()` for creating sequences from one or two messydates
  - This includes correct sequences for leap years and historical dates including before the common era
- Added `is_bce()` for testing whether dates are from before the common era
- Added `stri_squish()` helper for trimming white space everywhere
- Improved `c.mdate()` so that it will strip class from an `mdate` object, as expected
- Improved `is_uncertain()` and `is_approximate()` so that they also recognise `%` annotations
- Improved `min.mdate()`, `max.mdate()`, and `modal.mdate()` to avoid using `expand()` and consequently run much faster
- Improved `min.mdate()`, `max.mdate()`, `modal.mdate()`, `mean.mdate()`, `median.mdate()`, and `random.mdate()` by adding `recursive` argument for resolving vectors down to a scalar
- Fixed bug in `messyduration.mdate()` where the minimum of an underspecified later date was used
- Fixed bug in `as_messydate()` where zero padding for early dates was not added correctly

# messydates 0.4.1

## Package

* The package now depends on R versions bigger or equal to 4.0 since functions for subsetting and comparing 'mdate' objects rely on functions introduced in that version

## Functions

* Closed #83 by fixing how logical comparisons works for negative and year only dates

# messydates 0.4.0

## Functions

* Closed #46 by adding the `mdates_duration` class that introduces methods to annotate a duration or period with representations of its uncertainty
* Closed #72 by fixing issues with double unspecified components not being contracted correctly
* Closed #73 by fixing bugs with the conversion of dates where month is spelled
* Closed #74 and #82 by adding other logical comparison operators for 'mdate' objects (e.g. `<`, `>`, `<=`, `>=`) (thanks @WerthPADOH)
* Closed #76 by adding proportional operators that calculate the proportion of messy dates meeting logical tests (e.g. `%l%` `%le%`, `%g%`, `%ge%`, `%><%`, `%>=<%`)
* Closed #77 by adding basic vector methods for subsetting and data frames (thanks @WerthPADOH)
* Added alias function `mdate()` for `as_messydate()`
* Renamed set family of functions to work as operators (i.e. `%intersect%` and `%union%`)
* Replaced `is_element()` by `is_subset()` for clarity and consistency
* Closed #80 by updating `make_messydates()` function to also construct ranges of dates

# messydates 0.3.5

## Functions

* Updated how `contract()` function checks if 'mdate' object has been expanded 

# messydates 0.3.4

## Package

* Updated 'battles' internal data
  * Corrected issues with zero padding for certain date ranges
  * Added 'US_party' and 'N_actors' additional variables for replication purposes

## Functions

* Closed #68 by updating `as_messydate()` function
  * Fixed bugs with zero padding for ranges of dates
  * Fixed bugs with the re-ordering of months and day components for incorrectly specified dates
* Closed #69 by updating `contract()` function to 'expand' dates before 'contracting' them
* Updated `expand()` function to handle, and properly convert, date objects that are not 'mdate'

# messydates 0.3.3

## Package

* Moved cheatsheet.pdf to 'inst' folder instead of the 'man' folder

# messydates 0.3.2

## Package

* Closed #64 by updating failing tests to test for other aspects instead of the printing of negative dates across OS
* Closed #65 by updating cheatsheet for new package changes

## Functions

* Closed #62 by adding "resequence" as an argument to `as_messydates()` for explicit date format conversion, if necessary
* Closed #63 by fixing issues with unnecessary white spaces added in date conversion

# messydates 0.3.1

## Package

* Updated README by removing unattractive package startup messages
* Updated `battles` data by adding 'parties' variable

## Functions

* Closed #54 by adding new `mreport()` function to properly report on data containing 'mdate' variables
* Updated `expand()` function
  * Fixed bug with the expansion of approximate dates
  * Removed unnecessary function message

# messydates 0.3.0

## Package

-   Closed #51 by changing object class name to `mdate`
    -   Note that this is a *breaking* change
-   Closed #41 by creating `{skimr}` template for `mdate` class

## Functions

-   Updated coercion to messy dates
    -   Closed #26 by adding "resequence" argument to `as_messydate()` allowing users to choose component order of ambiguous dates
    -   Closed #45 by improving how `as_messydate()` re-orders 6 digit date components if necessary
    -   Closed #48 by adding zero padding incomplete date ranges and sets of dates
    -   Updated `as_messydate()` to also extract dates from text strings
-   Added `is_precise()` function that provides a logical test for precise dates
-   Updated messy dates expansion
    -   Updated `expand()` to allow for the expansion of incomplete date ranges and sets of dates
    -   Closed #49 by updating resolve functions to only expand dates if they are not precise

# messydates 0.2.1

## Package

-   Added a vignette for working with the `{messydates}` package

## Functions

-   Closed #9 by adding arithmetic operations for working with `messydt` objects
    -   Added S3 methods for "+" and "-" operators
    -   Added `add()` and `subtract()` helper functions for arithmetic operations
-   Updated `expand()` function
    -   Closed #31 by updating how approximate dates are expanded to account for leap years
    -   Closed #34 by updating `expand()` to manage negative dates
    -   Added `expand_negative_dates()` helper function for expanding ranges of negative dates
-   Updated functions that coerce from `messydt` objects to `Date` to manage negative dates
    -   Added `negative_dates()` helper function to coerce negative `messydt` dates
-   Closed #39 by updating how resolve mean methods work for negative dates
-   Closed #40 by updating contract function to manage the contraction of negative dates
    -   Added `compact_negative_dates()` helper function to compact negative date ranges
    -   Added `is.sequence()` as a helper function to check if dates are a range
-   Updated resequence script to export `interleave()` function

# messydates 0.2.0

## Package

-   Added PANARCHIC project details to README file
-   Added cheatsheet
-   Added a new CSS style to website and updated functions displayed
-   Addressed workflow actions issues
    -   Updated pushrelease.yml workflow actions file to stop installing `{messydates}` from Github
    -   Updated README file to stop installing `{messydates}` from Github
-   Fixed Codecov test coverage URL on README file for CRAN submission

## Functions

-   Expanded on messydates checks for class validity
-   Fixed bugs for `make_messydate()`
-   Added annotation functions and standardized annotation so that it is consistent with ISO2019E standards.
    -   `on_or_before()`
    -   `on_or_after()`
    -   `as_approximate()`
    -   `as_uncertain()` (includes discrimination between month uncertainty and day and month uncertainty)
-   Updated `as_messydate()` by adding zero padding for month, day or year
-   Updated `resequence()` to work consistently with messydate objects
-   Updated `expand()` function to expand imprecise, unspecified, approximate, uncertain, and negative dates according to approximate ranges and added tests
-   Updated `precision()` to return the lengths of expanded dates
-   Updated `median()` in resolve family of functions to work with changes to `expand()`
-   Added tests for functions
    -   Added tests for `expand()`
    -   Added tests for `contract()`
    -   Added tests for `precision()`
    -   Added tests for `coerce_from_messydate()`

# messydates 0.1.1

## Package

-   Updated README with some more explanation about what the package does/offers
-   Fixed URL to the package website

# messydates 0.1.0

## Package

-   Updated call to `messydt` class in DESCRIPTION file

## Functions

-   Updated documentation for `as_messydate()` functions
-   Updated documentation for `expand()` function
-   Updated documentation for resolve family of functions
-   Updated documentation for coerce from family of functions
-   Updated documentation for coerce to family of functions

# messydates 0.0.1

## Package

-   Setup `{messydates}` package
    -   Added `DESCRIPTION` file
    -   Added `R` folder
    -   Added `LICENSE` file
    -   Added `NAMESPACE` file
    -   Added `NEWS` file
    -   Added `README` files
    -   Added `.github` folder and files
    -   Added `tests` folder and files
-   Setup pkgdown website
-   Added package logo

## Functions

-   Added a new `messydt` class which follows the latest ISO 8601 (2019) standards
    -   Added validation checks for messydt class
    -   Added print methods for messydt class
-   Added `as_messydate()` function to coerce from date objects to messydate
    -   `as_messydate()` standardises date order, separators and ambiguity
    -   Added date class coercion
    -   Added POSIXct class coercion
    -   Added POSIXlt class coercion
    -   Added character class coercion
-   Added functions to coerce from messydate objects to other date classes
    -   Added `as.Date.messydt()` for coercing to date class
    -   Added `as.POSIXct.messydt()` for coercing to POSIXct class
    -   Added `as.POSIXlt.messydt()` for coercing to POSIXlt class
-   Added `expand()` function for expanding ranged and uncertain dates
-   Added functions to resolve expanded dates
    -   Added `min.messydt()` to get minimum value from expanded range
    -   Added `max.messydt()` to get maximum value from expanded range
    -   Added `median.messydt()` to get median value from expanded range
    -   Added `mean.messydt()` to get mean value from expanded range
    -   Added `modal.messydt()` to get mode value from expanded range
-   Added `contract()` function for contracting expanded dates
-   Added extract functions to get particular date components
    -   Added `year()` to extract year from date
    -   Added `month()` to extract month from date
    -   Added `day()` to extract day from date
-   Added `make_messydate()` function to get messy dates from multiple columns
-   Added set functions for operations in sets of messy dates
    -   Added `md_intersect()` to find intersection of sets of messy dates
    -   Added `md_union()` to find union of sets of messy dates
    -   Added `md_multiset()` to join two sets of messy dates
-   Added logical function for various logical tests for messy date objects
    -   Added `is_messydate()` to test for messydt class
    -   Added `is_intersecting()` to test if dates intersect
    -   Added `is_element()` to test for multiple elements in dates
    -   Added `is_similar()` to test for similarities in dates
-   Added tests for new functions
    -   Added tests for messydt class and `às_messydate()` function
    -   Added tests for coerce from messy dates functions
    -   Added tests for coerce to messy dates functions
    -   Added tests for `contract()` function
    -   Added tests for `expand()` function
    -   Added tests for extract functions
    -   Added tests for `make_messydate()` function
    -   Added tests for resolve functions
    -   Added tests for set functions
