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An illustration of the difference between a duration and a timespan
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lubridate_dst.r
require("lubridate")
# in the USA, daylight-saving time begins for 2013 on 10 Mar.
dtm_start <- ymd("2013-03-10", tz="America/Chicago")
dtm_start
dtm_start + duration(1, "day")
dtm_start + days(1)
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