CRAN packages have a release date associated with them. This function downloads
that date and returns it as a date object.
Arguments
- pkg
a package name
Value
character string containing either the date or a message to check elsewhere
Details
If the package does not exist on CRAN, the function asks the user to search
elsewhere for the information.
Examples
get_release_date("dplyr")
#> [1] "2023-11-17"