batch validation of Stata Date/Time field, after conversion from string Date/Time

[Michael McCulloch]

Greetings,
I have created a Stata Date/Time variable by converting a string variable displayed as MM/DD/YY 00:00. My code is as follows:

gen new_eventime1 = clock(eventime1, "MDYhm")
gen new_eventime2 = clock(eventime2, "MDYhm")
gen new_eventime3 = clock(eventime3, "MDYhm")
format new_eventime* %tcDDmonCCYY_HH:MM

I then pilot tested validation by typing:

l eventime1 new_eventime1 
l eventime2 new_eventime2 
l eventime3 new_eventime3

As I have many variables to validate, is there a batch method, for example using something analagous to

assert

?

[William Lisowski]

I haven't checked this (lacking sample data) but it might at least be a starting point:

assert eventime1==string(new_eventime1,"%tcNN/DD/YY_HH:MM")

[Phil Clayton]

Not sure why you'd want to do this "validation" (what result are you looking for / concerned about?) but the first thing you need to do is create the new variable as a double:
gen double new_eventime1 = clock(eventime1, "MDYhm")
See help datetime