st: time series data

[Christopher F Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Eva wrote

it's the first time I analyse time series data in Stata. My quarterly 
date
variable looks like this:

. list date in 1/12, separator(4)

     +---------+
     |    date |
     |---------|
  1. |    1960 |
  2. | 1960.25 |
  3. |  1960.5 |
  4. | 1960.75 |
     |---------|

findit tsmktim
(install)
tsmktim yq, start(1960q1)

will set the time series calendar properly, creating variable yq.

Kit

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