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Re: st: date


From   Enzo Coviello <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: date
Date   Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:51:54 +0200

At 16.18 17/09/03 +0200, you wrote:
how do i get the date (year only) from a string variable that look like dd/mm/yyyy.

thanks in advance.

gen str4 year = substr(datevar,7, .)

Enzo


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