More haste, less speed:
>
> I presume that -date1- and -date2- are Stata daily
> dates and -time1- and -time2- are string variables.
>
> I can't think of a better way than using Stata's
> supplied functions, e.g.
>
> gen str1 Index1 = index(time1,":")
>
> gen Time1 =
> real(substr(time1, 1, index1 - 1)) / 24 +
> real(substr(time1, 1, index1 + 1)) / (24 * 60)
gen Time1 =
real(substr(time1, 1, index1 - 1)) / 24 +
real(substr(time1, index1 + 1,.)) / (24 * 60)
> and similarly for the other time variable, after
> which
>
> gen diff = 24 * (date2 - date1) + (Time2 - Time1)
>
> Nick
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>
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