Re: Data conversion
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- Subject: [mg101641] Re: Data conversion
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:50:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Dear Louise, If you already have a conversion program for Mathematica it shouldn't be too difficult to convert the database. >From its Wikipedia lemma the Chinese lunar calendar seems rather complicated. The calender package that comes with Mathematica 7 only handles Gregorian, Julian, Islamic, and Jewish calendars. Unless you provided specifics on the program you have, it will be pretty hard to determine what precisely it can do. Mathematica has powerful import and export functions and should be able to handle that part of the process. If you are going to try it and encounter any difficulties, just get back here and you'll get help. Cheers, Sjoerd On Jul 11, 5:28 am, "Louise Dekker" <ldek... at hsph.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to convert dates in a dataset for analysis. I need to convert greg= orian dates to lunar chinese dates. I know about a program for mathematica,= but i've never worked with mathematica. Do you know if this conversion is = possible? And when I will use this program, does it allows me to import the= dataset, process the dates, and then export it back? > Thank you very much, I would really appreciate your help. > > I am looking forwards to your reply. > > Kind regards, > Louise Dekker > > Louise Dekker > Department of Nutrition > Harvard School of Public Health > 677 Huntington Avenue > Boston, MA 02115 USA > ldek... at hsph.harvard.edu