clear*
input str24 date
"03/07/06 17:15:00, 000000"
"03/07/06 18:05:00, 000000"
end
split date, generate(datepart) parse(,)
generate double timestamp = clock( datepart1, "DMYhms", 2010)
g minutediff=minutes(timestamp[_n]- timestamp[_n-1])
l
HTH
Martin
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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:15 PM
Subject: st: date-time help
Hello,
I have Stata 8, and I'm trying to generate a new variable which indicates
the elapsed time (in minutes or seconds) between two events. The variables
I want to substract are stored as str24, and contain both date and time in
the same cell
:
03/07/06 17:15:00, 000000
03/07/06 18:05:00, 000000
I would like to generate a numerical variable which indicates that the
elapsed time between the two events is 50 minutes. How is this possible?
I really appreciate your help,
M
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