https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60130#M12992 Thanks for your suggestion, but it doesn't work for me in SAS 9.1. It says DBMS=DTA not valid for export. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:08:09 GMT statadm 2009-07-29T21:08:09Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60128#M12990 Does anyone know how to save a formatted datetime variable for Stata using the SAVASTATA macro? <BR /> <BR /> I have no problem with date variables.<BR /> <BR /> I don't see that format in the program, but I might be overlooking it. <BR /> <BR /> Or if someone knows another way to convert a SAS dataset into Stata with formats, I would be very grateful! Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:04:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60128#M12990 statadm 2009-07-29T20:04:15Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60129#M12991 Try PROC EXPORT. STATA support was added in SAS 9.1.3 and enhanced in 9.2. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:37:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60129#M12991 Doc_Duke 2009-07-29T20:37:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60130#M12992 Thanks for your suggestion, but it doesn't work for me in SAS 9.1. It says DBMS=DTA not valid for export. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:08:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAVASTATA-macro-format-DateTime-variable-for-Stata/m-p/60130#M12992 statadm 2009-07-29T21:08:09Z