--- On Fri, 11/9/09, Nikolaos Kanellopoulos wrote:
> However, can the final result appear in the format of
> HH:MM:SS? In your example something like 00:00:45?
*--------- begin example -----------------------
clear
input t
3600
5400
10800
1810
end
gen h = string(floor(t/3600))
gen m = string(floor(mod(t,3600)/60))
gen s = string(mod(t,60))
gen diff_reformatted = h + ":" + m + ":" + s
list
*------------------ end example -----------------
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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