How do I sort my observations by variables "start date" which shows the date and time?

[anisha arya]

Hi, I have a variable "startdate" which shoes date and time for an observation in the following format - (Month/Date/Year) time

startdate enddate
7/9/2024 1:13. 7/9/2024 1:24
7/9/2024 1:28 7/9/2024 2:01
7/9/2024 1:30 7/10/2024 12:24
7/9/2024 1:39 7/9/2024 1:52
7/9/2024 1:46. 7/9/2024 2:00
7/9/2024 1:59 7/9/2024 2:07

NOTE: startdate and enddate are two separate variables in my dataset.

How do I sort the data such that the observations go from the latest to the most recent in terms of time?

Thanks for your help!

[Nick Cox]

Are these string or numeric variables? Please use dataex to make that and other details clear. https://www.statalist.org/forums/help#stata

[anisha arya]

Hi Nick,

Sorry about that very new to the platform. These are string variables.

Thanks
Anisha

[Rich Goldstein]

h datetime

[Nick Cox]

As said, please use dataex.

dataex startdate enddate