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Date Conversion

mrdeterville
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Hi SMEs;

I'd like to convert the following date format into epoch:  yyyymmdd. E.g 20220508.

Any assistance would be appreciated!

 

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mrdeterville
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Figured it out;

| eval reg_date=strptime(newdate, "%Y%m%d")

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mrdeterville
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Figured it out;

| eval reg_date=strptime(newdate, "%Y%m%d")

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