Naturally I agree with the general advice (although I am not sure
about the FAQ; some FAQs appear to be write-only documents). But
my main point was that this specific doesn't appear flagged within
the usual "what's new" material. Correct me with a reference.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Svend Juul
Sent: 30 November 2007 15:20
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: RE: RE: stringto date
There was this exchange
Rajesh Tharyan:
The command gen adate=date(date,"dmy"), where date is a string variable
works fine in stata9. However, it generates missing values in stata10.
Nick Cox:
In Stata 10, try "DMY".
Rajesh Tharyan:
Is there a good reference on how little things like this have changed
between version 9 and 10?
Nick Cox:
I am not sure whether this is flagged anywhere. It's arisen several
times on the list since Stata 10. No one pays much attention until it
bites them!
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Get an overview of all changes from version 9 to 10 by:
. help whatsnew9to10
This is a pretty long list. To see about current syntax for date
variables:
. help date
This leads to a very large help file describing the new date_and_time
variables. It may be a bit overwhelming.
I think users would benefit from a shorter FAQ describing the changes in
date handling from version 9 to 10.
Note that you can use version control to allow version 9 syntax:
. version 9
. gen adate=date(date,"dmy")
or
. version 9: gen adate=date(date,"dmy")
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