TIMESTAMP: Stata module to obtain a UNIX timestamp and the current time of a user-specified timezone

Lars Zeigermann

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Timestamp displays a UNIX timestamp as well as the current time and date in both coordinated universal time (UTC) and the local time of a timezone specified by the user. The data is obtained from the application programming interface (API) provided by http://www.convert-unix-time.com/. Timestamp_zones lists all valid timezones for which the local time and date can be obtained.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 12, insheetjson and libjson (q.v.) from SSC
Keywords: timestamp; data management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-05-16
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install timestamp". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/timestamp_zones.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/timestamp.sthlp help file (text/plain)

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