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Re: st: 3 methods for converting a string date to Stata format
From
"David Elliott" <[email protected]>
To
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Subject
Re: st: 3 methods for converting a string date to Stata format
Date
Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:13:35 -0400
And don't forget:
*Method 4
. gen edate=mdy(real(substr(datedx,5,2)),real(substr(datedx,7,2)),real(substr(datedx,1,4)))
. format %-d edate
. list
datedx edate
----------------------
1. 19900417 17apr1990
2. 19880107 07jan1988
3. 19930407 07apr1993
4. 19880819 19aug1988
5. 19890127 27jan1989
(and check your substring arguments)
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