topic Re: SAS Date question in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133259#M36203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Worked great !&nbsp; So simple ... I feel real dumb.&nbsp; Thanx !!!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 18:36:53 GMT JIM1949 2013-05-09T18:36:53Z SAS Date question https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133257#M36201 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How would one convert a date input from a data set&nbsp; in a character format like "02/01/2013" or perhaps "20130509"&nbsp; to a SAS date ?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 18:05:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133257#M36201 JIM1949 2013-05-09T18:05:27Z Re: SAS Date question https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133258#M36202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For character format like "02/01/2013", try ...</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; new_date = input(character_date, ??MMDDYY10.) ;</P><P></P><P>For charachter format like "20130506", try...</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; new_date = input(character_date, ??YYMMDD10.) ;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 18:17:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133258#M36202 Daisy 2013-05-09T18:17:24Z Re: SAS Date question https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133259#M36203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Worked great !&nbsp; So simple ... I feel real dumb.&nbsp; Thanx !!!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 May 2013 18:36:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Date-question/m-p/133259#M36203 JIM1949 2013-05-09T18:36:53Z