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| From | Michael McCulloch <mm@pinestreetfoundation.org> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: best practice for dates and times |
| Date | Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:22:43 -0800 |
Junlin, I've found that the conversion after import is quite simple and reliable, so your approach sound good. Michael On Feb 19, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Liao, Junlin wrote: > I find that transfer data with dates and times is rather complicated with Stata. Lately I found that importing dates and times in text format and then converting with Stata functions would be the simplest approach. I'd like to hear if others have better solutions. > > Thanks, > > Junlin > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > ________________________________ > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ Best wishes, Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD Pine Street Foundation 124 Pine Street San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674 tel: 415-407-1357 fax: 206-338-2391 * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/