Re: st: date

[Enzo Coviello <enzo.coviello@tin.it>]

At 16.18 17/09/03 +0200, you wrote:
> how do i get the date (year only) from a string variable that look 
> like  dd/mm/yyyy.
>
> thanks  in advance.

gen str4 year = substr(datevar,7, .)

Enzo


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