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Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date


From   "William Gould, StataCorp LP" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
Date   Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:38 -0500

Melanie Leis <[email protected]> wrote, 

> Is there a way to change the format of the automated date in
> c(current_date)?
> 
> The automatic format is 22 May 2013
> 
> I would like to get something that looks like 2013 05 22


There's already been one good answer.  Here's another, 

        . display %td_CCYY_NN_DD date(c(current_date), "DMY") 
        2013 05 22


-- Bill
[email protected]
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