Formato Stata. But we cannot use them yet since these two functions require that the input be in date format. Place the appropriate format on it and the 18 282 is displayed as 20jan2010 td.
Stata provides functions to convert dates into elapsed dates formats to print elapsed dates in understandable forms and other functions to manipulate elapsed dates. That is the input variable should also carry the information on day. Stata has similar tools that measure time in terms of milliseconds months quarters years and more.
The first integer w specifies the width of the format.
Stata s ty format records years as numeric values and it codes them the natural way. Stata s three numeric formats are denoted by a leading percent sign followed by the string w d or w d for european format where w and d stand for two integers. Stata provides functions to convert dates into elapsed dates formats to print elapsed dates in understandable forms and other functions to manipulate elapsed dates. Conversion into elapsed dates.
