Series of formatted date strings

[lgehrig]

Hi EViews Pros

I have a huge confusion with date series.
I would like to have a series of DATES that I can add to my

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write() xx.csv DATES EXPORTVARIABLES

But instead of the date numbers (1999Q1, since I'm at quarterly frequency) I would like to control the date format, hence I cannot simply use the "dates" argument in the write function.

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series dates=@date

supposedly gives me date numbers, but I cannot change the date format on the entire series using @datestr.

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@strdate("dd.mm.yyyy")

doesn't do what I'd like to get either.

Can anyone push me in the right direction here? Thanks a lot!

[EViews Gareth]

Create an alpha series in the workfile containing the string representation of the date you want to use.

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alpha mydates = @datestr(@date, "YYYY[Q]Q")

[lgehrig]

Aha! That makes sense. Thanks, Gareth!