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Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
Date
Thu, 23 May 2013 03:23:56 +0100
In addition, as there are no spaces by construction,
save `date_string'_example, replace
is fine.
Nick
[email protected]
On 23 May 2013 03:21, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's down to adding a little polish to a shiny ornament but the format
>
> %td_CCYY-NN-DD
>
> puts the hyphens in at the outset, making the -subinstr()- call unnecessary.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 22 May 2013 22:57, Radwin, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Melanie,
>>
>> You need a colon in the first line instead of an equals sign and -trim-
>> in the second line to get rid of an unwanted leading space. Try this:
>>
>>
>> . local date: display %td_CCYY_NN_DD date(c(current_date), "DMY")
>>
>> . local date_string = subinstr(trim("`date'"), " " , "-", .)
>>
>> . save "`date_string'_example", replace
>>
>>
>> David
>> --
>> David Radwin
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>> Education Studies Division
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Melanie Leis
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:34 PM
>>> To: statalist
>>> Subject: Re: st: Fwd: changing the format of the current date
>>>
>>> Thanks Bill and Nick, this is very helpful.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, the reason I'd like to change the format on
>>> c(current_date) is to incorporate it into the name of a file. What
>>> I've been doing is:
>>>
>>> local c_date= c(current_date)
>>> local date_string = subinstr("`c_date'", " " , "-", .)
>>> save "`date_string'_example", replace
>>>
>>> Which yields a file name 22-May-2013_example
>>>
>>> I'd like a file name that is more like 2013_05_22_example
>>>
>>> Incorporating your suggestion I get:
>>>
>>> local date= %td_CCYY_NN_DD date(c(current_date), "DMY")
>>> local date_string = subinstr("`date'", " " , "-", .)
>>> save "`date_string'_example", replace
>>>
>>> But after the first local macro I get an error that says
>>>
>>> %td_CCYY_NN_DD invalid name
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how I could fix this?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>>
>>> Melanie
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:10 PM, William Gould, StataCorp LP
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > 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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