Example 6 (DATE command)

DATE OBS 9 17. 

• This command creates variables DATE_, CYCLE_, and OBS_ and assigns values to observations sequentially, starting with value 9. The periodicity is 17.

DATE reports the following:

  Name        Label

  CYCLE_      CYCLE, not periodic
  OBS_        OBS, period 17
  DATE_       DATE.  FORMAT:  "CCCC OO"

The following is a partial listing of the new variables:

 CYCLE_ OBS_ DATE_

       1   9     1  9
       1  10     1 10
       1  11     1 11
       1  12     1 12
       1  13     1 13
       1  14     1 14
       1  15     1 15
       1  16     1 16
       1  17     1 17
       2   1     2  1
       2   2     2  2
      ...
      28  15    28 15
      28  16    28 16
      28  17    28 17
      29   1    29  1
      29   2    29  2
      29   3    29  3
      29   4    29  4
      29   5    29  5
      29   6    29  6