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st: ym() date function is acting strangely
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Gabi Huiber <[email protected]> 
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The Statalist <[email protected]> 
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st: ym() date function is acting strangely 
Date 
 
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:34:00 -0800 
I do this:
clear
set obs 10
gen year=2010
gen month=_n
gen date1=ym(year, month)
format date1 %tm
And I get this:
year	month	date1
2010	1	23aug1961
2010	2	24aug1961
2010	3	25aug1961
2010	4	26aug1961
2010	5	27aug1961
2010	6	28aug1961
2010	7	29aug1961
2010	8	30aug1961
2010	9	31aug1961
2010	10	01sep1961
How on Earth is that possible? A minute ago ym() was working fine, I swear.
Gabi
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