This is often asked. See, for example,
Svend Juul's reply
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2006-08/msg00548.html
In a phrase, the answer is use `c(current_date)'.
Nick
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Patrick Woodburn
> So far, when I've wanted a do-file to treat data in a way
> conditional to
> the date the do-file is run, I've put something like the following
> towards the beginning of my do-file:
>
> **************macro for today's date: UPDATE when repeat
> do-file***************
> global today "d(21nov2006)"
> **************************************************************
> **********
> *******
>
> (The stars are a way of emphasising the importance of this line)
>
> I am worried that this is prone to error, if someone forgot to change
> the date or made an incorrect guesse at the date. Is there any way to
> automatically obtain today's date in Stata, and, perhaps, to
> incorporate
> this into a global macro called today, so that I can make the simplest
> modification possible? I use Stata through a Windows environment, if
> that makes any difference.
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