Re: st: Converting MM, YY varkables into a date variable

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinestreetfoundation.org>]

Thanks Nick, for the refinement of
	-mdy(MM, 1, YY)-
Michael

On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Nick Cox wrote:

> I didn't see this before making my own suggestions.
> 
> Daily date variables are not at all needed if the data are monthly. In
> fact they have the marked disadvantage that after -tsset- it appears
> that roughly 29/30 of the data should be present but have been
> omitted.
> 
> But should you wish to produce daily variables for monthly data, as
> Michael is assuming, then you don't need to create a variable holding
> a constant. as -mdy(MM, 1, YY)- is perfectly legal. On the very odd
> occasions I have done this, as when some data are daily and others
> monthly, I have typically used -mdy(MM, 15, YY)- as better for
> graphical purposes.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Michael McCulloch
> <mm@pinestreetfoundation.org> >
> 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:
>> 
>>> 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...)
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Best wishes,

Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
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