Convert WQP columns to correct types

Takes the character results and converts to numeric and dates.

Usage

parse_WQP(retval, tz = "UTC")

Arguments

retval

Data frame from WQP

tz

character to set timezone attribute of datetime. Default is UTC (properly accounting for daylight savings times based on the associated "TimeZone" column). Possible values include "America/New_York","America/Chicago", "America/Denver","America/Los_Angeles", "America/Anchorage","America/Honolulu","America/Jamaica","America/Managua", "America/Phoenix", and "America/Metlakatla"

Value

data frame retval with converted columns

Examples

# These examples require an internet connection to run
rawSampleURL <- constructWQPURL("USGS-01594440", "01075", "", "")

## Examples take longer than 5 seconds:

# \donttest{

rawSample <- importWQP(rawSampleURL, convertType = FALSE)
#> GET:https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?siteid=USGS-01594440&count=no&pCode=01075&mimeType=csv
convertedSample <- parse_WQP(rawSample)

# }