As is explicit, -decode- makes no sense without value
labels.
I can't see why one would need this, but
you can use the -string()- function with an appropriate
format, e.g.
gen sdate = string(mydate, "%dd_M_CY")
or equivalently -tostring- with an appropriate
format.
Nick
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> How do I convert a date format variable into a string variable?
>
> When I do decode, i get the message that the variable i want
> to decode is not labeled.
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