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"Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
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st: AW: dates
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Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:17:46 +0200
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clear*
input str8 mydates
01051987
09151973
12302005
end
gen mycorrectdate=date(mydates, "MDY")
form mycorrectdate %td
li, noo
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HTH
Martin
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Michael Eisenberg
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. September 2010 22:10
An: [email protected]
Betreff: st: dates
Colleagues,
I have a filed with dates listed as such
01051987 which is Jan 5, 1987
09151973 which is Sept 15, 1973
12302005 which is Dec 30, 2005
How can I make stata automatically recognize that date format?
Thank you in advance.
Mike
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