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Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
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"William Gould, StataCorp LP" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
Date
Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:38 -0500
Melanie Leis <[email protected]> wrote,
> Is there a way to change the format of the automated date in
> c(current_date)?
>
> The automatic format is 22 May 2013
>
> I would like to get something that looks like 2013 05 22
There's already been one good answer. Here's another,
. display %td_CCYY_NN_DD date(c(current_date), "DMY")
2013 05 22
-- Bill
[email protected]
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