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help for ^date2obs^                                           [sts7.6: STB-24]
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Find observation number corresponding to a date
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        ^date2obs^ #1 [ #2 [ #3 ] ]

returns in S_1 the observation corresponding to the specified date, where the
date is specified according to the current ^period^ and ^datevars^ settings.
For instance,

        ^datevars 1995 7^

would store in S_1 the number of the observation corresponding to July 1995
in monthly data.






Author
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        Sean Becketti, Stata Technical Bulletin
        EMAIL   stb@stata.com


Also see
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 Manual:  [4] dates
    STB:  sts7.6 (STB-24)
On-line:  ^help^ for ^datevars^, ^period^, and ^ts^