Time Series - Data and Statistical Services - Princeton University
Time Series - Data and Statistical Services - Princeton University
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If you have a format like ‘date1’ type<br />
-----STATA 10.x/11.x:<br />
gen datevar = date(date1,"DMY", 2012)<br />
format datevar %td /*For daily data*/<br />
-----STATA 9.x:<br />
gen datevar = date(date1,"dmy", 2012)<br />
format datevar %td /*For daily data*/<br />
If you have a format like ‘date2’ type<br />
-----STATA 10.x/11.x:<br />
gen datevar = date(date2,"MDY", 2012)<br />
format datevar %td /*For daily data*/<br />
------STATA 9.x:<br />
gen datevar = date(date2,"mdy", 2012)<br />
format datevar %td /*For daily data*/<br />
If you have a format like ‘date3’ type<br />
------STATA 10.x/11.x:<br />
tostring date3, gen(date3a)<br />
gen datevar=date(date3a,"YMD")<br />
format datevar %td /*For daily data*/<br />
------STATA 9.x:<br />
tostring date3, gen(date3a)<br />
gen year=substr(date3a,1,4)<br />
gen month=substr(date3a,5,2)<br />
gen day=substr(date3a,7,2)<br />
destring year month day, replace<br />
gen datevar1 = mdy(month,day,year)<br />
format datevar1 %td /*For daily data*/<br />
If you have a format like ‘date4’ type<br />
See http://www.princeton.edu/~otorres/Stata/<br />
Date variable<br />
2<br />
PU/DSS/OTR