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Re: st: calculating time difference


From   Shehzad Ali <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: calculating time difference
Date   Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:17:48 +0100 (BST)

I think I got it. The clock() function returns time in milliseconds which I can convert to minutes and then calculate the difference in duration. However, if there is a direct method, that would be useful.

Thanks
Shehzad



----- Original Message -----
> From: Shehzad Ali <[email protected]>
> To: Stata List <[email protected]>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Friday, 24 August 2012, 15:50
> Subject: st: calculating time difference
> 
> Hi listers,
> 
> I want to calculate the duration between two time points (-time1- and -time2-). 
> The time variables are in string format and the variables appear in the format 
> of HH:MM. I tried the following but it doesn't help:
> 
> gen double clock1 = clock(time1,"hm")
> 
> When time1 is 10:20, the new var -clock1- is 37200000.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you
> Shehzad
> 
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