Returns a string containing the date or observation corresponding to observation number n, counted from the beginning of the current workfile sample.

EViews will use the global default settings for the Month/Day order in dates to determine the ordering of days and months in the resulting date string.

Thus

will return the date associated with the second observation in the current sample. Note that if n is negative, or is greater than the number of observations in the current sample, an empty string will be returned.

If the series DSER contains integer sample observation numbers,

fills ASER with string dates corresponding to the given numbers for each observation in the workfile sample.

If DVEC is a vector containing integer observation numbers, the command

fills AVEC with the date strings corresponding to the workfile observation numbers in DVEC.

See also @otod and @dtoo.