Calculating date from day of year and year

[Liza Sopina]

Hi there,

I have a day-of-year variable (1 - 366), and year variable (4- digit, i.e. - 2012, etc) and I need to caclulate the specific date but cannot seem to find a way to get it. Any suggestions?
thanks

[Nick Cox]

gen wanted = mdy(12, 31, year - 1) + dayofyear

or

gen wanted = mdy(1, 1, year) + dayofyear - 1

[Liza Sopina]

thanks so much!