Datetime conversion — Converting strings to Stata dates

value and convert str containing 2006.08.13 to a Stata date. If you wish, however, it can be the other way around. In that case, the detailed string would convert to a Stata date corresponding to just the date part, 13aug2006, and the less detailed string would convert to a Stata datetime corresponding to 13aug2006 00:00:00.000. ................
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