topic Re: Different format date when export to csv file in SAS Enterprise Guide

Different format date when export to csv file

korssane — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:09:16 GMT

Hi All,

I'm having a trouble to keep my date format after exporting to csv.

I'm generating date using the following format yyyy-mm-dd but when i open the exported csv file it gives me : dd/mm/yyyy.

I'm using the SAS EG version 7.13 HF3 : Task/Data/Copy files feature to export.

so,please any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Different format date when export to csv file

ballardw — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:21:03 GMT

Did you open the result in Excel or a text editor? Excel is infamous for reformatting things.

You may have to tell us the actual SAS format name of the variable(s) in the dataset if the above is not the case.

Re: Different format date when export to csv file

korssane — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:21:27 GMT

Hi ,

Thanks for the quick reply .

I'm opening the file using Excel.

the actual SAS format name of the variable(s) in the dataset

Type : Date

length : 8

Format : YYMMDD10.

Informat is blank

pls let me know if you need other info.

thanks

Re: Different format date when export to csv file

ballardw — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:09:33 GMT

@korssane wrote:

Hi ,

Thanks for the quick reply .

I'm opening the file using Excel.

the actual SAS format name of the variable(s) in the dataset

Type : Date

length : 8

Format : YYMMDD10.

Informat is blank

pls let me know if you need other info.

thanks

Did you try opening it in another application such as Notepad or Wordpad? If you use one of these then you'll likely see dates is yyyy-mm-dd appearance.

I repeat: Excel will change the appearance of values. One option is to not worry about it and just the column appearance in Excel using the format cells for the entire column.

Re: Different format date when export to csv file

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:37:39 GMT

Excel is the culprit here. At least it recognized your dates as such.

Excel will format dates according to the Windows locale setting.

After opening the file, change the format for the column to the one you desire. Or change the system's date format setting.