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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion pandas/io/stata.py
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Expand Up @@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ def parse_dates_safe(dates, delta=False, year=False, days=False):

excessive_string_length_error = """
Fixed width strings in Stata .dta files are limited to 244 (or fewer)
characters. Column '%s' does not satisfy this restriction.
characters. Column '%s' does not satisfy this restriction. Use the
'version=117' parameter to write the newer (Stata 13 and later) format.
"""


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