Re: st: date

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 16:36 17/09/03 +0200, Fabio Berton wrote (in reply to Malak B Bokhari):
> you can try with the string function -substr-
> Hope this helps!
> Fabio.
Another helpful utility is -split-, which can split the string date into 3 
parts, the third of which can be read using the -string- function. See 
on-line help for -split-.

Alternatively, Malak might use the -date- function and the -year- function. 
These are covered in -[U] 16.3.3 Date functions-.

My own -strdate- utility, downloadable from SSC, might also be useful. Type
ssc desc strdate
in Stata to find out more.

I hope this helps.

Roger


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