st: Formatting months error

["Paul O'Brien" <paul.obrien@afe2.org.uk>]

Hi,

I cannot find the bit in the manuals that sorts this out for me. I get the wrong month when I format for month with %tm.

. gen date=18628

. format date %td

. l

     +-----------+
     |      date |
     |-----------|
  1. | 01jan2011 |
     +-----------+

. format date %tm

. l

     +--------+
     |   date |
     |--------|
  1. | 3512m5 |
     +--------+

What am I doing wrong?

Paul










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