Inside Stata a dataset's timestamp can be seen in the output of the describe command. Timestamp is not disturbed by this conversion, which means the converted file will retain the original timestamp. This timestamp is in general different from the date/time of creation or modification as reported by the operating system. Timestamps: every data file created with Stata (at least in the version 8 - version 13 range) contains a timestamp inside the file.There are plans to include them into the resulting file (in truncated form) in a subsequent version. use13 notifies the user about the variables that were dropped. Long strings (strL type) both ASCII and binary are dropped.Format of truncated string variables is set to %str244. Long strings (strF type) which are longer than 244 characters will be truncated to 244 characters (maximum allowed under Stata 10 file format specification 113).All legacy types present in Stata 10 (byte, int, long, float, double, and str1.str244) are transferred without any loss of information or precision.Here is what the users need to know about the assumptions and limitations of use13: Option for the data producer posessing Stata 13 already. However older versions of Stata do not understand newer formats.Ī proper way of sending data to older version is to use Stata's command Stata isīackwards compatible and all new versions read files produced with any previous The new version of Stata and other users, who have Stata 13 already. Use13 facilitates data exchange between users who have not updated to

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