Specify date variables                                          (STB-15: sts4)
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	^datevars^ [ varname [ varname [ ... ] ] ]

specifies the variables that identify the date of each observation.


Remarks
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^datevars^ tells Stata which variables contain date information.  The ^period^
command tells Stata how to interpret the variables specified by ^datevar^.
If there is more than one variable, specify the "slowest-moving" variable
first.  For example, with monthly data, you would type ^datevars year month^,
NOT ^datevars month year^.


Author
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Sean Becketti, Stata Technical Bulletin


Also see
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    STB:  sts4 (STB-15)
On-line:  ^help^ for ^findsmpl^, ^period^