working with date vars

[Raffe, Sydelle, SSA]

 I know I need to use date/time functions but am unclear how.

If dates were numbers, I'd like to say

        if not(missing(appdt03)) appdate = appdt03.
        exe.
Thanks as always.

Sydelle Raffe, Alameda County Social Services Agency
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[Oliver, Richard]

Internally, dates are numbers; so your syntax should work just fine. If appdate isn't already a defined date format variable, just add a Formats command, as in:

Formats appdate(date11).

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Subject: working with date vars

 I know I need to use date/time functions but am unclear how.

If dates were numbers, I'd like to say

        if not(missing(appdt03)) appdate = appdt03.
        exe.
Thanks as always.

Sydelle Raffe, Alameda County Social Services Agency
Information Services Division
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[Raffe, Sydelle, SSA]

Thanks for the quick rsesponse which I'll try. Re your last question, I have a series of 10 months to do.

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I think you'd want to use something like: "IF (appdt03 ne SYSMIS(appdt03)) appdate = appdt03 ."  However, if the value is missing in appdt03, wouldn't a simple Compute appdate=appdt03. give the same result?

Anyway, hope this helps.



Raffe, Sydelle, SSA wrote:

 I know I need to use date/time functions but am unclear how.



If dates were numbers, I'd like to say



        if not(missing(appdt03)) appdate = appdt03.

        exe.

Thanks as always.



Sydelle Raffe, Alameda County Social Services Agency

Information Services Division

e:mail:   [hidden email]

phone: [phone]     fax: [phone]

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[Raffe, Sydelle, SSA]

I may have used the wrong format. Thank you.

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Oliver, Richard
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Internally, dates are numbers; so your syntax should work just fine. If appdate isn't already a defined date format variable, just add a Formats command, as in:

Formats appdate(date11).

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Raffe, Sydelle, SSA
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:49 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: working with date vars

 I know I need to use date/time functions but am unclear how.

If dates were numbers, I'd like to say

        if not(missing(appdt03)) appdate = appdt03.
        exe.
Thanks as always.

Sydelle Raffe, Alameda County Social Services Agency
Information Services Division
e:mail:  [hidden email]
phone: [phone]     fax: [phone]
If you have a request for information, please submit an ODM request form at:  https://alamedasocialservices.org/staff/support_services/statistics_and_reports/odm/index.cfm