Get the current origin for each reuse

Usage

get_current_origin(
  as = "time",
  suppressPrinting = FALSE,
  format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
)

Arguments

as: Whether to return the origin as character value (can also be specified by passing string or text), as a numeric value (can also be specified by passing number), or as POSIX time (can also be specified by passing time).
suppressPrinting: Whether to suppress printing the message about how to store the origin in your R script.
format: If returning character, the format to pass to base::format() when formatting the time to a character value

Value

The origin, in the format specified in as.

Examples

squids::get_current_origin();
#> 🦑 To human-readably store an origin so that
#> 🦑 you can reproduce the same sequence of SQUIDs,
#> 🦑 you can use the following line in your R script:
#> 
#> SQUID_origin <- "2025-06-07 17:53:28 CEST";
#> 
#> 🦑 You can then pass `origin = SQUID_origin` when
#> 🦑 calling `squids::squids()`.
#> 
#> [1] "2025-06-07 17:53:28 CEST"

squids::get_current_origin(
  as = "number"
);
#> 🦑 To human-readably store an origin so that
#> 🦑 you can reproduce the same sequence of SQUIDs,
#> 🦑 you can use the following line in your R script:
#> 
#> SQUID_origin <- "2025-06-07 17:53:28 CEST";
#> 
#> 🦑 You can then pass `origin = SQUID_origin` when
#> 🦑 calling `squids::squids()`.
#> 
#> [1] 1749311609

squids::get_current_origin(
  as = "time"
);
#> 🦑 To human-readably store an origin so that
#> 🦑 you can reproduce the same sequence of SQUIDs,
#> 🦑 you can use the following line in your R script:
#> 
#> SQUID_origin <- "2025-06-07 17:53:28 CEST";
#> 
#> 🦑 You can then pass `origin = SQUID_origin` when
#> 🦑 calling `squids::squids()`.
#> 
#> [1] "2025-06-07 17:53:28 CEST"