I've been trying to convert seven numbers to dates (without having done this before). I've read the help, the manual, and several tutorials and I can't get past the obscure language so that I can create a variable that I can use on the LHS of a graph hbar command.
I have created new variables for month and year (and even a fake one for day). All I want is a date variable that will be sorted in this order:
October2000
April2001
October2001
April2002
October2002
April2003
October 2003
I've spent an hour on this with no success. I know that it can't be too difficult, but the manual (and the on-line help). Thanks in advance.
Ric
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