topic Re: convert 2 vars (char type) to 2 vars (date type) in SAS Programming

convert 2 vars (char type) to 2 vars (date type)

Angel_Saenz — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:02:27 GMT

I have 2 vars (char type):

date 1 date 2

26/07/2013 10/04/2014 07:50:11 p.m.
28/02/2013 12/09/2012 12:46:29

I need to convert to data type, how can I do it?

Re: convert 2 vars (char type) to 2 vars (date type)

Reeza — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:08:41 GMT

Use the INPUT function.

NEW_VAR = INPUT( old_var_name, current_format);

Re: convert 2 vars (char type) to 2 vars (date type)

Astounding — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 04:12:14 GMT

Your problem description talks about dates, and not datetimes. To get dates only, you could use:

date_1_converted = input(date1, ddmmyy10.);

date_2_converted = input(date2, ddmmyy10.);

format date_1_converted date_2_converted yymmdd10.;

There's no need to apply YYMMDD10 as the final format. That's just an example of what is possible.

Also note, it's not 100% clear that DATE_2_CONVERTED should apply the DDMMYY10 informat to convert it. That would be applicable when the character values actually include the day then the month then the year. But it's also conceivable that the character values contain the month then the day then the year. In that case, convert with:

date_2_converted = input(date2, mmddyy10.);