Re: st: RE: Converting date/clock format to date format?

[Miranda Kim <mk@mrc.soton.ac.uk>]

Forget this question... Have worked it out :o)
Thanks a lot for your help!

Miranda Kim wrote:
> Thanks a lot for this. I also have some date variables that do not 
> have any format and are stored as 'long'. How does one know what 
> format was used and how to convert them in this case? Would one need 
> to try all possible cases?
> Thanks for your help
>
> Nick Cox wrote:
> > You are correct. This is a basic question that can be answered by
> > reading the help. In addition to Martin Weiss' answers, the function
> > -dofc()- may be what you need.
> > Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
> > Miranda Kim
> >
> > I want to merge two datasets together that both have a 'datereturn' 
> > variable.
> > They have different formats however. In one it is a %tc and in the other
> >
> > %dD_m_Y.
> > Where it is %tc format I cannot convert it to a date format...
> > If I type
> > format datereturn %dD_m_Y
> > It displays: 1478563200000
> > I know this is probably very basic, bu I'd be very grateful for some
> > help...
> >
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