topic Re: re: character date tonumeric date in SAS Programming

re: character date tonumeric date

twildone — Tue, 31 May 2016 15:53:36 GMT

Hi...I am trying to convert a character date to numeric date. The character date is in the formate of weekdate17. I can't seem to get it converted.

Re: re: character date tonumeric date

PGStats — Tue, 31 May 2016 16:37:58 GMT

Try

SASdate = input(cats(substr(myDate,10, 2), substr(myDate, 6, 3), substr(myDate,14, 4)), date9.);

Re: re: character date tonumeric date

ballardw — Tue, 31 May 2016 16:44:28 GMT

You may need to provide some actual examples. This example may give you a starting point.

data junk;
   x= 'Tuesday, June 1, 2016';
   y=input(substr(x,index(x,' ')),anydtdte15.);
   format y mmddyy10.;
run;

Re: re: character date tonumeric date

twildone — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:26:07 GMT

HI PGStats/Ballardw......Thanks for both your suggestions. I tried both of them and they gave me the exact same results with one problem. When the date had a single interger for the day number in the date ( Thu. May 7, 2015) , it produced a blank space otherwise worked perfect. Thanks

Re: re: character date tonumeric date

ballardw — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:50:24 GMT

We would have to see your data and the actual code you ran to see what was generating the space.

I can't duplicate the issue with your Thu. May 7, 2015 example even inserting an additional space into the input between the month and the day of the month. It may be you have some sort of non-printable character or a double-byte conversion issue.

Re: re: character date tonumeric date

PGStats — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:57:08 GMT

Then go for:

SASdate = input(cats(scan(myDate,3), scan(myDate, 2), scan(myDate, 4)), date9.);