Create date labels                                              [dm26: STB-24]
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	^datelab^

calculates Stata elapsed dates for arbitrary dates.  ^datelab^ prompts you to
supply dates in mm/dd/yyyy format.  The elapsed date values are stored in the
global macros ^date1^, ^date2^, and so on.  These macros are particularly useful
in specifying axis labels for graphs.  For example,


        . ^datelab^
        date 1 ? . ^1/1/1980^
        date 2 ? . ^1/1/1985^
        date 3 ? . ^1/1/1990^
        date 4 ? . ^1/1/1995^
        date 5 ? . ^end^

        . ^graph y date, xlabel($date1,$date2,$date3,$date4)^



Author
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        Alan Riley, StataCorp
        EMAIL   tech-support@@stata.com


Also see
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 Manual:  [4] dates
    STB:  dm26 (STB-24)
On-line:  ^help^ for @dates@ and @functions@