Convert Stata month to date

Convert numeric Stata months to date format.

Usage

stata_month2ymd(stata_month)

Arguments

stata_month

Numeric vector representing Stata month format.

Value

A vector of year-months in lubridate::ym() format.

Note

Stata counts the months since January of 1960.

Examples

stata_month2ymd(19502)
#> [1] "3585-03-01"
stata_month2ymd(c(19502, 19503))
#> [1] "3585-03-01" "3585-04-01"