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Re: st: Converting MM, YY varkables into a date variable
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Michael McCulloch <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Converting MM, YY varkables into a date variable
Date
Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:44:29 -0800
You can assume "day" is any day of the month, for example the 1st day.
*to make your variable, which we can call edate,
gen DD=1
gen edate = mdy(MM, DD, YY)
*to confirm accuracy, compare visually:
list MM DD YY edate
On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Jung-eun Lee wrote:
> Hello,
> I need help with converting month and year variables into a date variable so that I can use it for a time-series analysis.
> Year variable: YY (looks like 1992, 1993, 1994...)
> Month variable: MM (looks like 1, 2, 3, 4...)
> Please help!
> Thanks!!!!
>
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Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
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