Convert YYYYM# dates exported from Excel to date format in Stata

[Yapa Bandara]

Hi,
My Excel file contains dates in the format of 2010m1, 2010m2 and they are stored as string dates in Stata.
How can I convert them to dates?
Thank you

[Nick Cox]

help monthly()

[Yapa Bandara]

Thanks Nick! I figured out how to do it with your help for monthly()