Actually, for those interested, if "date" is %tm already:
local min: di %tm mofd(dofm(r(min)))
local max: di %tm mofd(dofm((r(max))
Thanks, Austin!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Austin
Nichols
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Time labels
Something like this, perhaps?
sysuse sp500, clear
keep in 1/45
su date
local min: di %tm mofd(r(min))
local max: di %tm mofd(r(max))
tw rarea hi lo d , ti(`min' to `max')
On 5/2/07, Ferry, Danielle (Exchange) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear statalisters,
> Is it possible to access the label associated w/ a time variable
> formatted %tm? More specifically, I am generating a series of graphs
> that use the most recent set of data (time period varies depending on
> which variables I use), and I want to be able to display on the graph
> the label that specifies which time the data refers to (i.e., "2007m2"
> rather than "265").
> Many thanks.
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