https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Verifying-the-validity-of-a-SAS-date-literal/m-p/367362#M275348 <P>please go this thread, this has pretty much the answer you need</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/Isdate/m-p/367328#M87435" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/Isdate/m-p/367328#M87435</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:47:34 GMT kiranv_ 2017-06-15T13:47:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Verifying-the-validity-of-a-SAS-date-literal/m-p/367354#M275347 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there a SAS function to verify if a given SAS date literal value is a valid date?&nbsp; For example, if I had the date literal "35feb95", is there a function I could pass it to and have it tell me that it is not a valid date?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:35:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Verifying-the-validity-of-a-SAS-date-literal/m-p/367354#M275347 JohnSAScom 2017-06-15T13:35:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Verifying-the-validity-of-a-SAS-date-literal/m-p/367362#M275348 <P>please go this thread, this has pretty much the answer you need</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/Isdate/m-p/367328#M87435" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/Isdate/m-p/367328#M87435</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:47:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Verifying-the-validity-of-a-SAS-date-literal/m-p/367362#M275348 kiranv_ 2017-06-15T13:47:34Z