date field is not of class Date

[Robinlovelace]

As demonstrated below:

library(stats19); class(get_stats19(2017)$date)
#> Data provided under OGL v3.0. Cite the source and link to:
#> www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
#> Files identified: dftRoadSafetyData_Accidents_2017.zip
#>    http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/dftRoadSafetyData_Accidents_2017.zip
#> Attempt downloading from:
#> Data saved at /tmp/RtmpVD6gjN/dftRoadSafetyData_Accidents_2017/Acc.csv
#> Reading in:
#> /tmp/RtmpVD6gjN/dftRoadSafetyData_Accidents_2017/Acc.csv
#> [1] "character"

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