how to obtain previous date

sasphd — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:30:51 GMT

hello

I want to obtain the previous date. my date format is YYMMN6.

for example I have 201501, I want that the program give the previous month 201412

thanks

Re: how to obtain previous date

PaigeMiller — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:49:45 GMT

data want;
    set have;
    previous_date=intnx('month',date,-1,'b');
    format previous_date yymmn6.;
run;

All month arithmetic should be done with INTNX function (or in some situations the INTCK function). SAS has done the hard work to do month arithmetic, so you don't have to.

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how to obtain previous date

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