Hi guys, I am a new STATA user and I want to ask a very amateur question about date and formatting. I have my variable, "dateforstata", with label, "Date for Stata", type, "str10", and Format, "%10s". I also tried to follow videos, like this one, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxU3zKfedmA&ab_channel=MadeEasy" but it doesn't work because my original data is already red (numeric variable turns into a string). There are around 4500 observations for this variable and it would take ages for me to correct them. It is much appreciated if anyone can provide me with a solution... If there is anyone familiar with this question and is also free, would you mind writing me your suggested solution?

Many thanks,

Jeffrey Tse