st: re: reshape command with dates

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

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Hugh said

I have a string variable (Id) with about 500 observations. I want to
create a date sequence for each Id ranging from July 1, 2002 to Dec
31, 2006 as below:-


I don't think you want to create 1,645 variables. Try

clear
set obs 1645
// ssc inst tsmktim
tsmktim dd, start(1jul2002)
g long fmd = year(dd)*10000 + month(dd)*100 + day(dd)
format fmd %9.0f
g en = _n
l in 1/10
l in -10/l

Save this as a Stata dataset, -expand- your existing file by 1645, and  
create a sequence number called -en- in the expanded file that goes  
1,...,1645, 1,...,1645, etc. with -egen-.  Then you can -merge- the  
expanded file with the date sequence file, and you will have a file  
with IDs and dates in the YYYYMMDD format.



Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
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An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
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