Retain only distinct data records in `pat$data`

Three successive steps are used to guarantee that the `datetime` axis contains no repeated values:

1. remove any duplicate records

2. guarantee that rows are in `datetime` order

3. average together fields for any remaining records that share the same `datetime`

pat_distinct(pat)

Arguments

pat

*pat* object

Value

An *pat* object where each record is associated with a unique time. (A list with `meta` and `data` dataframes.)