I have a SPSS dataset in .por format that I would like to transfer
to STATA.
I used STATTRANSFER (version 5.0).
VAR1 is provided in terms of the date, and VAR2 provides the same
information except it has only the year. So, this allows me to check
whether the dates were translated consistently.
VAR1 VAR2
1. -420405888 1977
2. -427749888 1977
3. -465765888 1976
4. -445634688 1976
5. -394745088 1978
6. -386191488 1978
7. -386191488 1978
The easiest way to see there is something wrong is to try the
STATA command
. year(VAR1)
that will generate missing values.
Any suggestion on how to translate VAR1 in a way that I get the correct
date? Thanks.
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