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## Overview
The **`as.Date()` function** in R converts a date character to an object whose class is `Date`.
## Syntax
```
as_Date(x)
```
## Parameter value
The  `as.Date()` function takes a single and mandatory parameter value, **`x`**, which represents the character representation of a date.
## Return value
The `as.Date()` function returns an object whose class is `"Date"`.
## Code example

# creating a data character
date_in_string <- "2022-01-29"

# calling the as.Date() function 
my_date = as.Date(date_in_string) 

print(my_date)

# cheking the class
class(my_date)

## Code explanation
* **Line 2**: We create a data character assigned to the `date_in_string` variable.
* **Line 5**: We implement the `as.Date()` function on the `date_in_string` variable. The result is assigned to a variable, `my_date`.
* **Line 7**: We print the variable `my_date`.
* **Line 10**: We use the `class()` function to check for the class of the object variable `my_date`.


What is the as.Date() function in R?

Converts date characters to Date class objects; takes a single parameter and returns a Date object.