https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398622#M96448 <PRE>data want; set have; date1='01JAN12'd; format date1 mmddyy10.; run;</PRE> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:19:29 GMT PaigeMiller 2017-09-25T17:19:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398620#M96446 <P>i I have a dataset of 1000 observation. I want to enter a fixed date that applies to all observations</P><P>id&nbsp;</P><P>1</P><P>2</P><P>3</P><P>4</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>output date</P><P>id date1</P><P>1 &nbsp;01/01/2012</P><P>2 &nbsp;01/01/2012</P><P>3 &nbsp;01/01/2012</P><P>4 &nbsp;01/01/2012&nbsp;</P> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:15:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398620#M96446 lillymaginta 2017-09-25T17:15:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398622#M96448 <PRE>data want; set have; date1='01JAN12'd; format date1 mmddyy10.; run;</PRE> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:19:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398622#M96448 PaigeMiller 2017-09-25T17:19:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398625#M96449 <P>Thank you!</P> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:26:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/entering-a-fixed-date-for-all-observations/m-p/398625#M96449 lillymaginta 2017-09-25T17:26:37Z