https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437030#M108778 <P>Show examples in the form of a datastep in future, I will guess what you have:</P> <PRE>data want; mydate="01FEB2017"d; month=month(mydate); format mydate date9. month monname3.; run;</PRE> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:07:17 GMT RW9 2018-02-14T10:07:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437029#M108777 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I want to know if i can get Month from date variable in a new variable.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Example -&nbsp; I want to calculate 10% bonus on salary in the month of Hire Date.</P> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:43:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437029#M108777 rasika 2018-02-14T09:43:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437030#M108778 <P>Show examples in the form of a datastep in future, I will guess what you have:</P> <PRE>data want; mydate="01FEB2017"d; month=month(mydate); format mydate date9. month monname3.; run;</PRE> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:07:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437030#M108778 RW9 2018-02-14T10:07:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437165#M108825 <P>Thanks a lot,sure next time i will provide in detail.</P> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:00:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437165#M108825 rasika 2018-02-14T16:00:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437170#M108827 <P>Thank you sure i will consider your suggestion.</P> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:02:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-a-month-from-date-variable-in-variable/m-p/437170#M108827 rasika 2018-02-14T16:02:44Z