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RE: st: Converting string variables into date variables in STATA
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"Heslin, Margaret" <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Converting string variables into date variables in STATA
Date
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:13:55 +0000
Thanks so much, Phil. This worked perfectly!!!
Margaret.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Clayton
Sent: 05 March 2013 12:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Converting string variables into date variables in STATA
You need to specify the century. Try:
gen DVadmission1 = date(Admission_date_1_12M, "DM20Y")
Phil
On 05/03/2013, at 9:31 PM, MargaretHeslin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would really appreciate some help.
>
> I have dates in a string format as follows (dmy):
>
> 19.09.02
> 01.12.09 etc
>
> I have tried using the following command to convert to date format but
> the new variable comes up blank. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
>
> DVadmission1 is new new date variable
> Admission_date_1_12M is the origianl string date variable
>
> gen DVadmission1 = date(Admission_date_1_12M, "DMY") format
> DVadmission1 %td
>
> Many thanks,
> Margaret Heslin.
>
>
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