Jorge,
Assuming your Var1 is numeric, try this:
. tostring var1, gen(date)
. gen day=substr(date,1,2)
. gen month=substr(date, 3, 2)
. gen year=substr(date, 5, 8)
At some point you may need to go back to the full date:
. destring day, gen(day1)
. destring month, gen(month1)
. destring year, gen(year1)
. gen date2=mdy(month1, day1, year1)
. format date2 %d
Hope this helps,
Thomas
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