Date variable: text to number

[Esteban Jara]

Hello. I have a text variable that has the form "01Jan2022", "13Feb2023", etc., and that I would like to transform by command to a numeric date variable. Does anyone know if it can be done directly? Thank you

[Ken Chui]

https://stats.oarc.ucla.edu/stata/fa...can-recognize/

[Esteban Jara]

Thanks