Automate file names using current date

[Adam Harper]

Hi All!

I'm trying to create a local string reflecting the current date in the format, "YYYY-MM-DD" which I can then concatenate into a file name as such:

use "my_file.YYYY-MM-DD.dta", clear

I've created a Stata file from a Python code which features the current date in its file name, and I'd like to be able to have Stata automatically use the file so I can run the program from Python without needing to adjust the file name each day.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Adam

[Clyde Schechter]

local suffix: display %tdCCYY-NN-DD =daily("`c(current_date)'", "DMY")
use "my_file.`suffix'.dta", clear

Note: It is possible to combine the above into a single command, but I think it's just too long and opaque.

[Bjarte Aagnes]

The display part can be:

display %tdCY-N-D td(`c(current_date)')

[Adam Harper]

Thank you very much, Clyde! It worked perfectly!