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st: converting dates from Excel .csv file


From   Michael McCulloch <[email protected]>
To   Statalist <[email protected]>
Subject   st: converting dates from Excel .csv file
Date   Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:14:20 -0700

Hello,
I have dates in an Excel *.csv file as:

	date
	12/12/08
	12/02/08
	04/14/08
	04/04/08

I wrote the following code to convert to Stata date:
	gen str date_year = substr(date, -2,.)
	gen str date_month = substr(date, 1, 2)
	gen str date_day = substr(date, 4, 2)
	destring  date_year date_month date_day, replace
	list date date_month date_day date_year

However, when I import the *.csv file, the leading zeroes are dropped 
from months 1-9.
Is there a way to solve this in Stata, without having to create 
separate columns for m, d, and y in Excel?


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Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch



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