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Re: st: AW: Question on using formatted dates in a filename (or getting it into a local)
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Nick Winter <[email protected]>
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Re: st: AW: Question on using formatted dates in a filename (or getting it into a local)
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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:44:18 -0400
If this works
di %tdCCYY.NN.DD date(c(current_date),"DMY")
then you can put it in a local like this:
local date : di %tdCCYY.NN.DD date(c(current_date),"DMY")
On 3/30/2010 11:02 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:
<>
Michael`s Stata Tidbit http://www.michaelnormanmitchell.com/stow/always-starting-a-log.html of a couple of weeks ago also contains useful advice in the area you are concerned with.
HTH
Martin
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Betreff: st: Question on using formatted dates in a filename (or getting it into a local)
Dear All
I would like to save my logs in a way that sorts them chronologically in
the filesystem. For this they have to have dates formatted as follows:
2010.03.30-logfilename.log
However, I am struggling to create a local containing the current date
in that format. I am managing to display the current date that way, but
not putting it in a local.
This:
di %tdCCYY.NN.DD date(c(current_date),"DMY")
Gives this output:
2010.03.30
But, this
local date = string(date(c(current_date), "dmy"), "%
tdCCYY.NN.DD")
di `date'
Gives an empty output.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Eduard
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