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From | Chamara Anuranga <kcanuranga@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: dates question |
Date | Mon, 8 Oct 2012 14:28:09 +0530 |
try this command gen ndate=mdy( month, date, year) format ndate %td On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Michael Eisenberg <meisenberg713@gmail.com> wrote: > Colleagues, > > I have what I hope will be a simple question regarding dates. > > I have separate columns for day of injury, month of injury, and year > of injury. How can I merge these into one variable in date format? > > For example > injmo 03 > injday 29 > injyr 2001 > > newvar 29mar2001 > or > newvar 15063 > > Thank you in advance. > > Best, > Mike > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/