# Dates in shock decomposition

**URL:** https://forum.dynare.org/t/dates-in-shock-decomposition/25958
**Category:** dseries/data/reporting
**Created:** [19 June 2024 16:33 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/dates-in-shock-decomposition/25958 "2024-06-19T16:33:04Z")
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### Author: ![FRED](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/fred/32/11516_2.png) [@FRED](https://forum.dynare.org/u/FRED)
#### Post date: [19 June 2024 16:33 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/dates-in-shock-decomposition/25958/1 "2024-06-19T16:33:05Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to date a shock decomposition? What should be the structure for its programming?

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### Author: ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)
#### Post date: [20 June 2024 07:13 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/dates-in-shock-decomposition/25958/2 "2024-06-20T07:13:14Z")

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See e.g.

> [@Placing dates on the horizontal axis of shock decomposition](https://forum.dynare.org/t/placing-dates-on-the-horizontal-axis-of-shock-decomposition/6301):
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> I want to put quarterly dates starting in 2002Q1 on horizontal axis of graphs of my shock decompositions? How could I do this?