Question on dates

[Kevin L-3]

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and am glad I've found this forum. Currently trying out
PASW18.

Some initial questions:
1. How do we get the software to auto insert the current date (date2)?
2. How do I get SPSS to calculate the difference between date2 and date1,
and get an answer in years and months if possible?

Thank you.
kevin.

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[Oliver, Richard]

compute todaydate=$time.
formats todaydate (adate10).
compute yeardif=datediff(date2, date1, "years").
compute monthdif=datediff(date2, date1, "months").

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Subject: Question on dates

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and am glad I've found this forum. Currently trying out
PASW18.

Some initial questions:
1. How do we get the software to auto insert the current date (date2)?
2. How do I get SPSS to calculate the difference between date2 and date1,
and get an answer in years and months if possible?

Thank you.
kevin.

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[Bruce Weaver]

Kevin L-3 wrote

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and am glad I've found this forum. Currently trying out
PASW18.

Some initial questions:
1. How do we get the software to auto insert the current date (date2)?
2. How do I get SPSS to calculate the difference between date2 and date1,
and get an answer in years and months if possible?

Thank you.
kevin.

Regarding number 2, Richard showed how to get the difference in years, and how to get the same difference in months.  Is that what you meant?  Or do you want 30 months reported as Years=2 and Months=6, for example?