st: date

From	malak bokhari <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	st: date
Date	Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:18:08 +0200

how do i get the date (year only) from a string variable that look like dd/mm/yyyy.

thanks in advance.
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Malak B Bokhari, MD MPH
Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology
IARC
Lyon, France
www.gulfoncology.org
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