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Posted: **Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:06 pm**

hello ...

I have a dateid series, with range from 1978-2020 ... the mean is 730114.4 ...

any thoughts?

- thanks, Shannon

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Posted: **Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:06 am**

Dates are stored as numbers.

Posted: **Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:37 am**

...I am not sure I understand the implications of that ...

if 1983 is stored as a number, then does that mean that it is stored as 1,983? ... and if so then wouldn't (1,983 + 1,984)/2 = 1,983.5?

- thanks ...

Posted: **Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:11 pm**

http://www.eviews.com/help/helpintro.ht ... %23ww92709

Posted: **Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:20 pm**

ok ... now I understand ... thanks

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