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Re: st: problem in reading dates in stata
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stef salvez <[email protected]>
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Re: st: problem in reading dates in stata
Date
Sat, 2 Jun 2012 18:34:54 +0100
thanks NIck
On 6/2/12, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> -help dates- explains about -date()- for various cases. Try
>
> gen edate1 = cond(length(trim(v1)) == 8, date(v1, "DM20Y"), date(v1,
> "DMY"))
>
> For "STATA" read "Stata".
>
> Nick
>
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM, stef salvez <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have the following date strings
>> v1
>> 04-10-2009
>> 01/11/09
>> 29/11/09
>> 27/12/09
>> 31/01/10
>>
>> I tried to format the cells in MS excel but couldn't.
>> So, STATA has problem reading them with the command
>>
>> gen edate1 = date(v1, "DMY")
>>
>> Any code that could fix that problem?
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