RE: st: date

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

At 17.11 17/09/03 +0100, you wrote:
> Enzo Coviello
>
> >> how do i get the date (year only) from a string variable that look
> >> like  dd/mm/yyyy.
>
> > gen str4 year = substr(datevar,7, .)
>
> Note that this would fail if a date happened to be e.g. 1/01/2001
> or even 1/1/2001. In short, it depends on all dates being
> exactly of the form specified. If you went this route
> it's safer to work from the end and work with
>
> substr(date,-4,4)
>
> and safer yet to work with -split-, as Roger Newson
> suggested. Note in that case the -destring- option.

Thanks prof Cox for your deeper comments.

Enzo


> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
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