Hi Svend,
Thanks for your response. I am using Stata 10.
The two variables are numeric displayed in date and time format.
However, I have access to string versions as well.
Thanks.
ippab
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Svend Juul <[email protected]> wrote:
> ippab wrote:
>
> I have two variables, one indicating date and another indicating time
> of the day. For example, date = 03/26/2008 and time = 17:31:30. I am
> wondering how I can combine these two variables into one variable so
> that I can use the new "Datetime" variable for tis.
>
> My understanding is that 'tis' command (for panel data or time series
> analysis) only accepts one variable. Since I have several
> observations for a panel on the same day, I need to make sure both
> date and time are used as the time variable.
>
> =============================================================
>
> You must tell us more:
>
> 1. What version of Stata do you use? Concerning date and time,
> Stata 10 is different from Stata 9.
>
> 2. The type of the variables -date- and -time-. Are they numeric
> variables displayed in date and time formats, or are they strings?
>
> Svend
>
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