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sheller
Calcite | Level 5

I have a column in a data set that has dates in a string format YYYY-MM-DD. 

 

How can I convert this into a date column? 

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Reeza
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The code provided should have worked so either your data isn't as specified or you did something wrong. How did you use the code provided? In a query builder or as a data step? What did your log say?

 

Verify the type and format of your variable.

 

Run a proc contents and post the results for that variable. 

 

 

data test;
length x $10.;
x="2016-10-12";
y=input(x, yymmdd10.);
format y date9.;
run;

proc print data=test;
run;

 

 

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