Hello,

If you're using EpiData 3.1 you need to use the date function, e.g. bd < date(01/08/2014). It may be the same with EpiData Manager but I haven't used it so don't know.

Regards,

Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Officer Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Murdoch Childrens Research Institute The Royal Children’s Hospital Flemington Rd Parkville, Victoria 3052 AUS T: (03) 9345 6372 E: suzanna.vidmar@mcri.edu.au www.mcri.edu.au

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-----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of EpiData development and support Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 5:34 PM To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] NEED OF HELP ON EPIDATA. DATES MANAGEMENT. RELATIVELY URGENT PLEASE

Hello

How do you handle the dates in Epidata? I want to select a database from june 2013 to july 2014 (birthdate "BD") If I do like in Epiinfo

select bd > "30/04/2013" and bd < "01/08/2014" it does not work . I havez tried with and without "", or commas, and no result

I HAVE BEEN STUCK FOR 3 DAYS

Can you help me?

Best regards

Dr Pierre-Yves Robillard Réanimation néonatale et pediatrique, néonatologie Centre Hospitalier Régional Groupe Hospitalier Sud-Réunion BP 350. 97448 Saint-Pierre cedex Ile de la réunion

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