st: How to use catplot to display the time variable in date format

[A Loumiotis <antonis.loumiotis@gmail.com>]

Dear all,

How can I modify the catplot command to display the time variable in
date format and not as numeric format?

For example I'm using an example that Nick Cox has provided with a
small modification to format the time variable as quarters:

 . set obs 1000

 . egen id = seq(), block(10)

 . egen time = seq(), to(10)

 . format time %tq

 . gen response = ceil(3 * runiform())

 . catplot response time, percent(time) recast(bar) asyvars stack


But the catplot command above does not display the time variable in
quarter format even though it has such format.

Thanks,
Antonis Loumiotis
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