This function reads the header information for a series of CEL files then extracts and returns the dates.
Usage
get.celfile.dates(filenames, ...)
Arguments
filenames
a vector of characters with the CEL filenames. May be fully pathed.
...
further arguments passed on to read.celfile.header.
Details
The function uses read.celfile.header to read in the header of each file. The ScanDate component is then parsed to extract the date.
Note that an assumption is made about the format. Namely, that dates are in the Y-m-d or m/d/y format.
Value
A vector of class Date with one date for each celfile.