topic SAS date in SAS Programming

SAS date

Ronein — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:40:09 GMT

Hello
Let's say that a user define a SAS date parameter
%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
The task is to create a char date with value 26-03-2019.
How can i do it in data set code?
How can I do it in open code ?

Re: SAS date

novinosrin — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:44:46 GMT


%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
data char_Date;
char_Date=put(&ddate,ddmmyyd10.);
run;

Re: SAS date

novinosrin — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:46:02 GMT

Open code


%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
%let want_date=%sysfunc(putn(&ddate, ddmmyyd10.));
%put &want_Date;