Hi,

In the menu, have a look at Transform --> Date/Time... --> Calculate with dates and times

You can use 'paste' to save the syntax.

Cheers!! Albert-Jan

--- "Ruben P. Konig" <r.konig@ru.nl> wrote:

> I am not sure what th eproblem is. Do you have a > variable that > identifies the year of the wave? In that case it is > simply: > comute age=waveyear-birthyear. > > Ruben > > stace swayne wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > I am working with a large longitudinal data set, > that has an age variable but > > it only gives the year of birth, and I would like > to figure out the age of subjects during one of the > waves of data collection. > > Does anyone have an example of syntax that can > help me do this? > > > > All suggestions are welcomed, > > > > Stace > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ===================== > > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a > message to > > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (not to SPSSX-L), with > no body text except the > > command. To leave the list, send the command > > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, > send the command > > INFO REFCARD > > > > -- > Dr. Ruben P. Konig > Department of Communication telephone +31 24 > 3615789/3612372 > Radboud University Nijmegen telefax +31 24 > 3613073 > P. O. Box 9104 > 6500 HE Nijmegen r.konig@ru.nl > The Netherlands > http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~rkonig > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a > message to > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (not to SPSSX-L), with no > body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send > the command > INFO REFCARD >

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