Re: st: Converting from SAS date format to STATA (Stata)(sic...NICK?)

[Dan Blanchette <dan_blanchette@unc.edu>]

. format my_date %dN/D/CY

looks like the format that your are looking for.  The "N" stands for "number"
where %dM/D/Y would print the month name.

You might find my webpage helpful.

A SAS User's Guide to Stata:
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/services/computer/presentations/sas_to_stata


dan

Mary Clouser wrote:
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I have the following problem in a data set.  All dates are currently recorded in
the SAS date format.   That means they are positive or negative numbers
depending on whether they were before or after day "0": 1-January-1960   I have
yet to find a way to get them converted to STATA with the actual date
(01/01/1960 for instance) in the record.  Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance
Mary Clouser

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