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Re: st: Year to start 1st April


From   Richard Williams <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Year to start 1st April
Date   Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:53:19 -0500

At 12:19 AM 3/6/2004 +0000, Paul O'Brien wrote:
Hi,

gen year= year( datevisit) gives me the calendar year of the clinic visit. How do I get the financial year of the visit, starting on the 1st April each year?
Not sure, but how about

gen year = year(datevisit - 91)

91 corresponds to April 1, 1960.

When I try this with a few #s, I get

    +-----------------------------------------+
     | datevi~t   month   day   year   finyear |
     |-----------------------------------------|
  1. |       89       3    30   1960      1959 |
  2. |       90       3    31   1960      1959 |
  3. |       91       4     1   1960      1960 |
     +-----------------------------------------+

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