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st: Converting string variables into date variables in STATA
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MargaretHeslin <[email protected]>
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st: Converting string variables into date variables in STATA
Date
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 04:01:29 -0800 (PST)
Hi all,
I would really appreciate some help.
I have dates in a string format as follows (dmy):
19.09.02
01.12.09 etc
I have tried using the following command to convert to date format but the
new variable comes up blank. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
DVadmission1 is new new date variable
Admission_date_1_12M is the origianl string date variable
gen DVadmission1 = date(Admission_date_1_12M, "DMY")
format DVadmission1 %td
Many thanks,
Margaret Heslin.
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