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st: convert a date variable to a string variable with daynames


From   Haluk Vahaboglu <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: convert a date variable to a string variable with daynames
Date   Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:09:51 +0000

Dear Statalisters,
I am using Stata 12.1 MP for Linux 64 bit.
I want to convert a date variable to a string variable. This can be achieved by "-stimeofday-" command (by  Nicholas J. Cox,). Below; date variable, command and the output can be found.
variable:
          d     
01.January.2013 
02.January.2013
03.January.2013 
04.January.2013 

des
d               float  %td.. 
-------------------------
 stimeofday d, gen(stime) n(d) s(d h) dformat(%dd_m_CY) sformat(%02.0f)
               d            stime 
 01.January.2013    1 Jan 2013 00 
 02.January.2013    2 Jan 2013 00 
 03.January.2013    3 Jan 2013 00 
 04.January.2013    4 Jan 2013 00 

des
d               float  %td..                  
stime           str14  %14s                   d (days hours)
-----------------------------

I get a string variable as "day month year h".
My question is this:
Can I get an output (a string variable) displaying as "day month year dayname" (1 Jan 2013 Tuesday).
Any help will be appreciated


Haluk Vahaboğlu 		 	   		  

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