Dates formatting question

[Reese Crispen]

Hello,

I have dates displayed in the standard numeric daily date (float) format like this: 11oct2018.

How can I get the display to read like this: 10/11/2018?

Apologies for asking a dates question. I tried my best to find the answer but haven't been able to.

Thanks in advance,
Reese

[Reese Crispen]

Well, if there's no standard way to do so, the best solution must be to create 3 variables via

g day = day(datevar)
g month = month(datevar)
g year = year(datevar)

then tostring and combine

[Rich Goldstein]

see

help datetime_display_formats

[Reese Crispen]

Thanks Rich, that was helpful