Hello,
I want to destring a variable, which contains dates in the format
"MM/DD/YY", using:
destring date, replace ignore("/") force
How can I set this to preserve the leading zeroes, so that I can follow with:
todate date, gen(newdate) pattern(mmddyy) f(%d)
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch
Pine Street Foundation
124 Pine St., San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
Tel: (415) 407-1357
Fax: (415) 485-1065
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www.pinestreetfoundation.org
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