Re-read the help for -dfmt-.
As these are evidently successive months,
you need a %t format, not a %d format,
such as %tml.
Nick
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Jorge Tuesta
> I have the list
>
> var1
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
>
>
> I´d like convert this in format date
>
> using format var1 %dl
> I have:
>
> jan
> jan
> jan
> jan
> jan
>
> but i´d like
>
> jan
> feb
> mar
> ...
>
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