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| From | Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> |
| To | "'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: RE: changing observations under one variable |
| Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:29:22 +0100 |
Please read my reply as well as Tashi's and pay attention to the questions asked. You are not telling us enough about your data. Alternatively, try reading the help for -format- to see what Tashi meant. Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk Rudy Hover Thank you for the reply tashi what do you mean with try format %tdCCYYdd ? How can I replace the observations as I meant? On Apr 24, 2012, at 2:14 PM, tashi lama wrote: > Try format %tdCCYYdd . From: n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk >> The word format means so many things! "29jan1999" is not a format in the sense of -format-. It might the result of setting a particular format? >> >> Is -date- a string variable? Is it a numeric variable with a date format assigned. >> >> Do you want another string variable? Do you want a numeric variable with a specified display -format-? >> >> Nick >> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk >> >> Rudy Hover >> >> I have one variable called 'date' with observations in the format '29jan1999' until '19dec2006', so the last working day of the month, the month and then the year. I want to change this to the format '199901' or '200612', so I don't need the day anymore, only the year and then the month. Could you help me how to replace? >> >> * >> * 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/ > * > * 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/ * * 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/ * * 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/