topic Numerical Date to Character that is in the format ddmonyyyy, in SAS Programming

Numerical Date to Character that is in the format ddmonyyyy,

librasonali — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:32:56 GMT

date1 =12001

Create a new variable Chdate that converts the date1 variable to a character variable that is in the format ddmonyyyy, such as 11NOV1992.

my prog :

Data X;

date1 =12001;

Chdate=put(date1,9.);
format Chdate ddmonyyyy. ;

run;

output

date1 Chdate

12001 12001

Chdate should be in format ddmonyy.

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:34:41 GMT

Use the DATE9. format.

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:38:52 GMT

Data X;
   date1 = 12001; 
   Chdate = put(date1,date9.);
run;

librasonali — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:50:48 GMT

if date1 =201411
/*where initial 4 digits are year and rest months */
then what will be the format ?

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:56:20 GMT

@librasonali wrote:
if date1 =201411
/*where initial 4 digits are year and rest months */
then what will be the format ?

If that is stored as a number, you need to first convert it to a SAS date:

date1 = input(put(date1,z6.),yymmn6.);

for the DATE9. format to work. You will see that the resulting date is the first of the month.

ballardw — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:59:50 GMT