topic Proc sort by date column in SAS Data Management https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Proc-sort-by-date-column/m-p/610461#M18532 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How can I sort my data by variable "2019"? SAS reads it as number.</P> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:36:44 GMT ab97_cd 2019-12-09T13:36:44Z Proc sort by date column https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Proc-sort-by-date-column/m-p/610461#M18532 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How can I sort my data by variable "2019"? SAS reads it as number.</P> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:36:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Proc-sort-by-date-column/m-p/610461#M18532 ab97_cd 2019-12-09T13:36:44Z Re: Proc sort by date column https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Proc-sort-by-date-column/m-p/610467#M18533 bad name for a variable...create it as year2019, for example, if possible. If not, refer to it as '2019'n. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:44:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Proc-sort-by-date-column/m-p/610467#M18533 tomrvincent 2019-12-09T13:44:25Z