DTASTAMP: Stata module to store current date and time in dataset characteristics

Roger Newson

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: dtastamp stores the current date and time in the dataset characteristics _dta[datestamp] and _dta[timestamp]. This is useful if the user then saves the current dataset to a disk file, and later wants to know approximately when the file was created.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 10
Keywords: data management; datestamp; timestamp (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-11-03, Revised 2020-06-01
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install dtastamp". 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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