Hi H.
The usual Stata format of dates is days after 01 January 1960, but that would mean that your respondents will be born around 2300, so it isn't Stata date format. You can check that as like this:
. input dob
dob
1. 141116
2. 141016
3. 150189
4. 125494
5. 126759
6. end
. format dob %d
. list
+-----------+
| dob |
|-----------|
1. | 13may2346 |
2. | 02feb2346 |
3. | 16mar2371 |
4. | 05aug2303 |
5. | 21jan2307 |
+-----------+
.
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Haidong Wang
Sent: maandag 21 november 2005 16:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: weird date format
Hi,
I'm using a dataset with a format of date of birth (dob) which I can't
recognize.
+--------------+
| dob age |
|--------------|
1. | 141116 27 |
2. | 141016 27 |
3. | 150189 2 |
4. | 125494 70 |
5. | 126759 66 |
+--------------+
The survey was carried out between 1996 and 1997. So, the first
respondents who's date of
birth was "141116" was 27 years old at that time, either 1996 or 1997.
Does anyone know what format of date are those?
Thanks!
H.
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