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st: RE: RE: Counting Number of Week-Days
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"Martin Weiss" <[email protected]> 
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st: RE: RE: Counting Number of Week-Days 
Date 
 
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:12:09 +0200 
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clear*
inp str10 date
4apr2010
15apr2010
end
gen mydate=date(date, "DMY")
set obs `=mydate[2]-mydate[1]+1'
replace mydate=mydate[1]+_n-1
form mydate %td
l
cou if !inlist(dow(mydate), 0, 6)
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HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simone Peart
Boyce
Sent: Mittwoch, 8. September 2010 00:03
To: Stata
Subject: st: RE: Counting Number of Week-Days
Thanks Nick.  That helps somewhat.  I actually have two dates that I would
like 
to count the number of weekdays that transpire between them.  If for
example, 
date1=4apr2010 and date2=15apr2010, how can I easily count the number of 
weekdays between those two dates?
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