topic Re: Convert date to a literal in SAS Programming

Convert date to a literal

mauley — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:19:45 GMT

Hi,

I have a date value 21549 (31Dec2018) and I would like to convert this to a number that is 20181231

Thank You !

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:27:20 GMT

Do like this

data test;
   date=21549;
   num=input(put(date, yymmddn8.), 8.);
   format date date9.;
run;

mauley — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:31:43 GMT

HI Draycut,

Thank You!