Josie,
Your dates are in %tm format. Read [D] dates and times, especially the
section on string-to-numeric translation functions.
. gen month = monthly(date, "Ym")
Friedrich
On Jan 28, 2008 5:29 PM, Josiane Georges <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a variable called month that is a string in "YYYY"m"M" format
> (eg. 2004m1 is January 2004). What code can I use to convert this
> variable into a Stata-readable month variable?
>
> Josiane "Josie" Georges
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