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st: AW: RE: AW: Converting date strings into dates


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: AW: RE: AW: Converting date strings into dates
Date   Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:49:42 +0100

<> 

" Instead of monthly, I had put date; and that gave me huge numbers"


Been there myself. Not all is lost, though, even in this case. See - help
dates_and_times, mark(converting)-:


*************
clear*

inp str10 stringdate
1999Jan
1999Feb
end

gen double date=date(stringdate , "YM") 
gen double month=mofd(date)
format month %tmMonth_CCYY 
l stringdate month, noo
*************



HTH
Martin


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Thanks, Martin.
Instead of monthly, I had put date; and that gave me huge numbers

Eric 


Eric de Souza
College of Europe
Dyver 11
BE-8000 Brugge (Bruges)
Belgium

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 15 February 2010 16:17
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Subject: st: AW: Converting date strings into dates


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*************
clear*

input  str10 stringdate
1999Jan
1999Feb
end

gen double date=monthly(stringdate , "YM") format date %tmMonth_CCYY l
*************



HTH
Martin


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von DE SOUZA Eric
Gesendet: Montag, 15. Februar 2010 15:47
An: Statalist
Betreff: st: Converting date strings into dates

I have never quite mastered the technique of converting date strings into
dates.
In this case, I have a string variable of the form: 1999Jan 1999Feb and so
on, and wish to convert it into a date Thanks for any help.

Eric

Eric de Souza
College of Europe
Dyver 11
BE-8000 Brugge (Bruges)
Belgium



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