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Re: st: MM/DD/YYYY string to stata date
From
daniel klein <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: MM/DD/YYYY string to stata date
Date
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:13:11 +0200
Lars,
here is one way to go.
// split the string variable into parts
split <mystrvar> ,g(part) p("/")
// add leading zero
forv j = 1/2 {
replace part`j' = "0" + part`j' if length(part`j') < 2
}
// now put it back together
g tmp = part1 + part2 + part3
// transfer to date
g mydate = date(tmp, "MDY")
form mydate %td
// clean up
drop part? tmp
Best
Daniel
--
Thank you both.
Nick: i dont want to make it hard for Stata. How do i go from string
mm/dd/yyyy to date?
Mvh
Lars Folkestad
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