topic how to transfer string to date? in SAS Procedures

how to transfer string to date?

rpg163 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:57:18 GMT

Hi,

I get string variable like this, 2001-12

I'd like to transfer this variable into date format like yyyymm;

How should I deal with this?

THX!

how to transfer string to date?

Ksharp — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:44:48 GMT

data want;
input a $;
date=input(cats(a,'-01'),yymmdd12.);
format date yymmn6.;
cards;
2011-12
2002-1
;
run;

Ksharp

how to transfer string to date?

rpg163 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:57:07 GMT

THX!

how to transfer string to date?

Peter_C — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:00 GMT

if your string is not being read with input statements, then use the formula that Ksharp suggests above. However, when you are reading that string with an INPUT statement, immediately it can be converted to the date standard with informat ANYDTDTE.

Borrowing from Ksharp's demo above,

data want;

input date anydtdte7. ;

format date yymmn6.;

list; cards;

2011-12

2002-1

;

run;

how to transfer string to date?

rpg163 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:33:20 GMT

THX!

I get it.