title: SPSS: Replace missing values with date
body: <p>I have a date field with missing values. I want to replace the missing values with a specified date. I attempted to recode the variable by assigning a value to the missing but it didn't seem to allow xx/xx/xxxx formatted inputs. I attempted to determine the numeric value of my date thinking this was what the recode field wanted but wasn't successful with that either. I'm thinking a compute if statement may be possible i.e. if system-missing input date, but again I'm at a loss on the right commands. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>