Extract from the help:
The date() function
The syntax of function date() is
date(string, mask [, topyear])
Thus
. di date("31/12/94", "DMY", 2010)
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. gen datef = date(datestr, "DMY", 2010)
Nick
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Nuno
I'm haing a problem with the date function when trying to convert a
string
variable into a date variables. My string variable is datestr and
contains
dates in the following format "31/12/94", ie, DMY. I've tried to use the
date function using the following syntax:
gen datef = date(datestr, "DMY")
I've already used this deffinition and it worked well, but the date had
the
format "31/12/1994". Is there a way of using the date function with the
format I'm currently using, ie, with the last two digits in year?
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