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RE: st: change default date base (1 jan 1960)


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: change default date base (1 jan 1960)
Date   Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:40:13 +0100

Daily dates. 

. di mdy(1,1,1900)
-21914

. di mdy(1,1,1960) - mdy(1,1,1900)
21914

As said, you may need to adjust slightly depending on exactly what you want, e.g. in your other stuff is 1 January 1900 day 0 or day 1? 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Daniel Ciganda

Thanks Nick, but what exactly should I substract mdy(1,1,1900) from?

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not as such. Just subtract mdy(1,1,1900) and if necessary adjust
> according to whether you want 1 Jan 1900 to be 0 or 1.
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Daniel Ciganda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to change the default origin date from 1st Jan 1960 to,
>> for example, 1st Jan 1900.

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