Hello Epidata Friends,
I know this will sound repetitive and passed over but Im not finding a workaround. I have a very ancient rec file created by EPI6, this dataset was abandoned in 1999. My intention was to update the rec and chk file for new data to come in and update the up to 2009. I was trying to export using epidata entry tool to Stata and do several editing within Stata and then import it again from Stata to epidata to keep on feeding the dataset.
My problem is that the dates of birth and follow-up start are configured as dd/mm/yy , that is Year with tow digits. When I open the data from within Stata, weird dates come. Just the years look weird such as 01apr2020. All the years are 2020 or 2019 and I know the yars may range from 1986 to 1999. It seems that is not only a problem to add the 19.. before the dates year so far.
So I guess, since Epidata does not accept dates with tow year digits, it is exporting with error. Therefore Im accepting any suggestions to workaround.
kind regards,
Abraço forte e que a força esteja com você,
Dr. Pedro Emmanuel A. A. do Brasil Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Av. Brasil 4365 Tel 55 21 3865-9648 email: pedro.brasil@ipec.fiocruz.br email: emmanuel.brasil@gmail.com
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