Search found 6 matches
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:18 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Convert date format
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10537
Re: Convert date format
Thanks. In the attached file you see the variable "yearmon" e.g. "200101" - but Eviews reads "200101" not as "year 2001 and January" but something way different. Can you help me having Eviews reading "200101" as "2001 and January"? Thank yo...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Convert date format
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10537
Re: Convert date format
Thank you for looking at the issue. I will try be more clear. I want to tell Eviews that my the variable "YR" is a date (not a number). I was trying to do that in "properties" -> "period" and "date format = YYYYMon". However Eviews reads 200101 as "0549F...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:07 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Convert date format
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10537
Re: Convert date format
Thank you for looking at the issue. I will try be more clear. I want to tell Eviews that my the variable "YR" is a date (not a number). I was trying to do that in "properties" -> "period" and "date format = YYYYMon". However Eviews reads 200101 as "0549Fe...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:48 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Import several xls or csv files
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17101
Re: Import several xls or csv files
Thank you for the answer. If I just import each seperately and use "proc" "append to current page" -> do you know whether Eviews then keeps the right structure in the data? In EViews 6 your options are quite limited. However you could write a program that will read in the 30 file...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:37 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Convert date format
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10537
Convert date format
Can anyone help me converting a text format (like 200101) into a date format (YYYYMM). It is possible in Excel with the command: "Datevalue". The problem in Eviews is that if am just using "properties - period - date format: YYYY:MM" it is not reading the month and year correctly.
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: Data Manipulation
- Topic: Import several xls or csv files
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17101
Import several xls or csv files
Eviews 6: I would like to import several (30) xls or csv files into Eviews (each having one work sheet). The variables in the xls or csv data files are the same. I would like data in one large Eviews work file. Alternatively, is it easier if I combine the many xls files into one file with serveral w...
