strdate replaces a list of string date variables with a list of Stata numeric date variables having the same names, the same positions in the data set order, and the same variable labels (if present). The conversion is carried out using the Stata date() function. strdate is used when the user has input a generic ASCII data file produced by a spreadsheet, using the infile command, and the data file includes character-format date variables. The infile command converts these to string variables. The strdate command converts these to numeric date variables with the same names, dropping the old string variables. This saves the user the trouble of converting the variables one by one, inventing new names, and worrying about the order of variables in the data. The program strdate is written in Stata Version 7.
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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number
S417002.
Size: Programming language: Stata Requires: Stata version 7.0 Date of creation: 05 Mar 2001 Date of revision:
23 Jul 2002 Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s417002
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