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Re: st: Converting string variables into date variables
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Converting string variables into date variables
Date
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:30:34 +0000
For future reference, see
HRF-to-SIF conversion functions
under -help dates and times-.
Nick
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Heslin, Margaret
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks so much, Phil. This worked perfectly!!!
Phil Clayton
> You need to specify the century. Try:
> gen DVadmission1 = date(Admission_date_1_12M, "DM20Y")
On 05/03/2013, at 9:31 PM, MargaretHeslin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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
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