GutUrago/stata-ethiodate

The ethiodate package offers a fast, reliable, and user-friendly solution for converting dates between the Gregorian and Ethiopian calendar systems directly within Stata. Built in Mata for maximum computational efficiency, it provides super-fast date conversions. # ethiodate: Ethiopian Date Conversion Utilities for Stata The ***ethiodate*** package offers a fast, reliable, and user-friendly solution for converting dates between the Gregorian and Ethiopian calendar systems directly within Stata. Built in Mata for maximum computational efficiency, it provides super-fast date conversions. --- ## 🚀 Installation You can install or update the latest version of **ethiodate** directly from GitHub using: ```stata net install ethiodate, from("raw.githubusercontent.com") replace ``` This will download and install all necessary files. --- ## 📦 Available Commands ### `to_gregorian` Converts Ethiopian calendar date variables (year, month, day) to a single Gregorian Stata date. ```stata to_gregorian eth_year eth_month eth_day, gre_date(newvar) ``` - `eth_year`, `eth_month`, and `eth_day`: numeric variables with Ethiopian date components. - `gre_date()`: name of the new Gregorian Stata date variable to create. **Example:** ```stata to_gregorian eth_yr eth_mo eth_dy, gre_date(greg_date) ``` ### `to_ethiopian` Converts Gregorian calendar date variable to Ethiopian date components: year, month, day. ```stata to_ethiopian gre_date, eth_year(newvar) eth_month(newvar) eth_day(newvar) ``` - `eth_year`, `eth_month`, and `eth_day`: new numeric variables name of Ethiopian date components. - `gre_date()`: name of the Gregorian Stata date variable to convert. **Example:** ```stata to_gregorian eth_yr eth_mo eth_dy, gre_date(greg_date) to_ethiopian greg_date ``` --- ## 📖 Help To get detailed documentation in Stata, type: ```stata help ethiodate help to_gregorian help to_ethiopian ``` ## 📌 Features - Fully vectorized, efficient and precise date conversion - Supports use within data cleaning and transformation pipelines - Compatible with Stata 10.0 and later - Clear help files and user instructions --- ## 👨‍💻 Author **Gutama Girja Urago** Research Analyst at Laterite Consulting PLC Li …