Hi folks,

I’m trying to generate a matrix of “dates” that I can use on the x-axis of graphs of forecasts. I want the format to be “yyyy.q” or “yyyy.mm” for quarterly or monthly data, respectively. Things work fine for quarterly data, but something weird happens with monthly data.

I create a string with the desired format, then make the corresponding matrix entry using string substitution. So for example the string “2009.04” should just become the “number” 2009.04. However, the string substitution results in the second “decimal” being truncated, so I get 2009.0 instead of 2009.04, or 2009.1 instead of 2009.12.

The attached script illustrates the problem.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

PS