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KonstantinV
Fluorite | Level 6

 

I have a char variable containing dates such as : 2008Dec ; 2009Jan ...

I want to convert it to numeric datetime and then format it as DATE9.

 

However it seems that yymon7. works only as format. What should I use then?

 

data new; set old;
	Date_num = input(Date, yymon7.);
format Date_num DATE9.;
run;

 

 

 

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LaurieF
Barite | Level 11

If you really can't change your source data to monyy before your final step gets hold of it, you can do it this way:

data old;
do date = '2008dec', '2009jan', '2009dec';
   output;
   end;
stop;
run;

data new; 
set old; Date_num = input(substr(date, 5, 3) || substr(date, 1, 4), monyy7.); format Date_num DATE9.; run;

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LaurieF
Barite | Level 11

If you really can't change your source data to monyy before your final step gets hold of it, you can do it this way:

data old;
do date = '2008dec', '2009jan', '2009dec';
   output;
   end;
stop;
run;

data new; 
set old; Date_num = input(substr(date, 5, 3) || substr(date, 1, 4), monyy7.); format Date_num DATE9.; run;

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