Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a stata file where I have formatted the date in a MONTHLY
> format ie . format %tmMon_CCYY
>
> When I export this file to excel saying outsing using 10.xls SOME of
> my dates get messed up. Has anyone else experienced this ?
>
>
When you say "SOME" of your dates get messed up, what do you mean?
Could you provide an example of how Excel is correctly interpreting
dates and an example of some that are being mis-interpreted. Otherwise
people will only be able to guess if they have experienced what you are
experiencing.
I'd also avoid -outsheet-ing to a file with the extension ".xls" since
this implies that it is an Excel formatted file, which is not the case
since -outsheet- writes to ASCII text files, and by default uses <Tab>
as a delimiter (although this can be modified using the -, comma- or -,
delim("char")- options). If you use the -,comma- option the giving your
file the extensions ".csv" you will likely find that particular file
extension is already associated with Excel, and double-clicking the file
from Explorer will invoke Excel which will then attempt to import your
data (assuming your on a windows OS with standard Excel installation).
Neil
--
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
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