st: quarterly date

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

help functions -> date;

     +-------------+
     | var1   var2 |
     |-------------|
  1. | 1991      1 |
  2. | 1991      2 |
  3. | 1991      3 |
  4. | 1991      4 |
  5. | 1992      1 |
     |-------------|
  6. | 1992      2 |
     +-------------+

. g date=yq(var1,var2)

. tsset date
        time variable:  date, 124 to 129

. format date %tq

. l

     +----------------------+
     | var1   var2     date |
     |----------------------|
  1. | 1991      1   1991q1 |
  2. | 1991      2   1991q2 |
  3. | 1991      3   1991q3 |
  4. | 1991      4   1991q4 |
  5. | 1992      1   1992q1 |
     |----------------------|
  6. | 1992      2   1992q2 |
     +----------------------+


Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html


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