STRDATE: Stata module to replace string date variables with numeric date variables with the same names

Roger Benedict Newson ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 7.0
Keywords: data; manipulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-03-05, Revised 2002-07-23
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install strdate". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/strdate.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/strdate.hlp help file (text/plain)

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