Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> Neil,
>
> I did open the stata file.
>
> the stata file has the number 500 in the cell. The format forces the
> 500 to appear as Sep 2001 when viewed using edit or list. This when
> outsheeted becomes 9/1/2008.
>
This is not the behaviour I observer with Stata 10.1 (born 11 Aug 2008)...
. query born
11 Aug 2008
. list
+------+
| var1 |
|------|
1. | 500 |
2. | 586 |
+------+
. format %tmMon_CCYY var1
. list
+----------+
| var1 |
|----------|
1. | Sep 2001 |
2. | Nov 2008 |
+----------+
. outsheet using c:/ado/tmp.txt, replace
When I then open c:/ado/tmp.txt in a text editor (e.g. Emacs or Notepad,
NOT Excel/Word), I have the following....
var1
Sep 2001
Nov 2008
Which version of Stata are you using? Are you sure you have definately
set the format as you indicated in your original email?
Neil
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