The function is -yq()-. This was mentioned in
my longish posting to the list yesterday aimed squarely
in your direction.
Nick
[email protected]
Terra Curtis
> I have two variables, quarter and year, and I would like to
> generate a new
> variable which stata recognizes as the quarter and year
> together, so that I
> can -tsset- my data. I thought about using the -date-
> function, but it
> doesn't seem this has a quarterly option. Any ideas?
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