topic how to convert char values to sas date in SAS Programming

how to convert char values to sas date

HitmonTran — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:53:06 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to convert character variable into sas date9. date.

data:

23-Jan-23

want (date9.):

23Jan2023

Thank you

PaigeMiller — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:06 GMT

data have;
    chardate='23-Jan-23';
    numdate=input(chardate,date9.);
    format numdate date9.;
run;

Ksharp — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 02:05:53 GMT

data have;
    chardate='23-Jan-23';
    numdate=input(chardate,date11.);
    format numdate date9.;
run;