as.Date not converting character date to date in R

Question

I am trying to convert a character date to date but result is somehow a double.

> x [1] "2017-10-31" > as.Date(x) [1] "2017-10-31" > as.Date(x) %>% typeof [1] "double" > as.Date(x,format="%Y-%m-%d") %>% typeof [1] "double"

akrun · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-14 18:23:26Z

According to ?typeof

typeof determines the (R internal) type or storage mode of any object

Instead of typeof, check the class

library(magrittr) as.Date(x) %>% class # [1] "Date"

Also, can be checked with inherits

as.Date(x) %>% inherits('Date') #[1] TRUE

x <- "2017-10-31"

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