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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Date string to date |
| Date | Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:55:54 +0000 |
Whatever you do you will need to watch out for values such as 8/6 and 6/8 for DM and MD. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 24 November 2013 13:45, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > <> > > It should be. The only question is how best to do it. > > For example, > > gen double ndate = date(sdate, "MDY hm") > replace ndate = date(sdate, "DMY hm") if missing(ndate) > > might be sufficient. > > Note that "4/15/2011 9:30" is "MDY hm" not dmy (or DMY). > > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 24 November 2013 12:55, lars Folkestad <statalars@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear List >> >> I have a string variable where the dates entered are not stricky dmy it looks like this >> date >> 12/15/2010 10:50 (mdy) >> 24-MAY-2010 9:43 (dmy) >> 4/15/2011 9:30 (dmy) >> >> Is it possible to create a date variable from this ditectly? >> >> Lars >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/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/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/