Date:         Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:46:39 -0400
Reply-To:     "[Ela Bonbevan]" <bonbevan@AOL.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "[Ela Bonbevan]" <bonbevan@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Using Syntax to create a data cut-off point

Hi all,

I have 2 datasets which have MANY variables that contain dates -
essentially activities of individuals over a 20 year period.


Ideally, I would like to compare the 2 datasets, but due to a data
retrieval delay, one of the sets was obtained rougly 6 months after the
first dataset so it contains more recent records.  I want to set a data cut
of point equal to the most recent record in the first dataset and then
write some syntax to fill all of the dates past the cutoff as sysmis in
dataset 2. Is this possible to do as some kind of global command, or must I
do this variable by variable?

Many thanks
Diane