st: AW: Date format

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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inp str20(exitdate entrydate) 
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "01jan2008 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "16jan2009 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "01jan2006 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "16jan2008 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "16jan2009 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "15jun2008 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "15jun2008 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "01jan2007 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "01jan2005 00:00:00"
"22jan2010 00:00:00"  "01jan2007 00:00:00"
end

gen int newexitdate=dofc(clock(exitdate, "DMY hms"))
gen int newentrydate=dofc(clock(entrydate, "DMY hms"))
form newentrydate newexitdate %tdMon_dd,_CCYY
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HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Mansour Ndiath
Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 11:30
An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Betreff: st: Date format

hello guys
I am experincing difficulties in formatting dates with stata. I have two
variables Entrydate and Exitdate I want to change the format into DMY. How
can I got about it? any support is much appreciated  
here is the output of the variables
+-----------------------------------------+
     |           Exitdate            entrydate |
     |-----------------------------------------|
  1. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   01jan2008 00:00:00 |
  2. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   16jan2009 00:00:00 |
  3. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   01jan2006 00:00:00 |
  4. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   16jan2008 00:00:00 |
  5. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   16jan2009 00:00:00 |
     |-----------------------------------------|
  6. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   15jun2008 00:00:00 |
  7. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   15jun2008 00:00:00 |
  8. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   01jan2007 00:00:00 |
  9. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   01jan2005 00:00:00 |
 10. | 22jan2010 00:00:00   01jan2007 00:00:00 |
     +-----------------------------------------+
Mansour Ndiath
Senegal


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