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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: duplicated datetime variable differs from original datetime variable it was derived from |
| Date | Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:59:38 +0000 |
Thanks for the closure here. Closure of threads is really helpful! To convert seconds to milliseconds, multiply by 1000 (don't add). Presumably you meant that.... On -format-: You're touching here on a widespread fallacy. Changing the format of a variable has precisely no effect on what is stored or how it is stored. It does affect how something is displayed, but no more. More detail at http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0067 Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 12 November 2013 14:18, Milena Przheska <milena.przheska@cosmicdevelopment.com> wrote: > Dear Statalist members, > > Thank you all for taking the time to help me with this situation, your > suggestions, lead me to the source of the problem (which I am > embarrassed to admit) was a clumsy typing mistake. > > The thing was, I created a double variable time1 following Phil's > advice, but then, when breaking ties between the values of the > variable, instead of adding 1000 (the equivalent of 1 sec) I have > added 100, which I think created the problem with the type of the > variable, which was formatted as %9.0g. So I reformatted the variable > to %12.0g and added 1000 for breaking ties, and now the model is > running without errors (so far). > > I am really sorry for the confusion and once I again thank you all for > your help. > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/