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Re: st: dates


From   Eric Booth <[email protected]>
To   "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: dates
Date   Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:32:18 +0000

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******************!
clear
inp double(mydate)
01051987 
09151973 
12302005 
end
tostring mydate, replace force format(%08.0f) 
g mydate2 = date(mydate, "MDY")
format mydate2 %td
l mydate*

//or using the display format you described//
format mydate2 %tdMon_DD,_CCYY
******************!


~ Eric
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
[email protected]
Office: +979.845.6754




On Sep 14, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Michael Eisenberg wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> I have a filed with dates listed as such
> 
> 01051987 which is Jan 5, 1987
> 09151973 which is Sept 15, 1973
> 12302005 which is Dec 30, 2005
> 
> How can I make stata automatically recognize that date format?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Mike
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