topic Re: Date format not stored properly in SAS Studio

Date format not stored properly

a13 — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:25:57 GMT

Code

data total_sales;
input Date mmddyy10. +2 Amount comma5.;
datalines;
09/05/2000 1,382
10/19/2000 1,235
11/30/2000 2,391
;
run;

Output

14858

382

14902

235

14944

391

Re: Date format not stored properly

muratatik — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:37:00 GMT

DATA TOTAL_SALES;
FORMAT DATE MMDDYY10.;
INPUT DATE :MMDDYY10. AMOUNT :COMMA5.3;
DATALINES;
09/05/2000 1,382
10/19/2000 1,235
11/30/2000 2,391
;
RUN;

Re: Date format not stored properly

RW9 — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:18:22 GMT

SAS stores dates as number of days since a certain timepoint. The number you are seeing is the raw value, i.e. the number of days since the cuttoff. You need to format this number of days into the display type you want.

Re: Date format not stored properly

Astounding — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:51:31 GMT

The smallest change possible: change +2 to +1. +2 moves you past the first digit, to the comma.