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robertrao
Quartz | Level 8

 

 

Hello,

 

I have 4-Aug-2016 ($20.) , 05-Aug-2016 ($20.) and I want to convert it into a proper date foramt. The following does not work. Could someone suggest a proper method to do it?

 

data want;

set have;

Date2= input(Date,worddate.);

format Date2 date10.;

run;

 

Thanks

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

One example:

data have;
  length dt $20;
  dt="4-Aug-2016"; output;
  dt="05-aug-2016"; output;
run;

data want;
  set have;
  d2=input(compress(dt," -"),date9.);
  format d2 date9.;
run;

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

One example:

data have;
  length dt $20;
  dt="4-Aug-2016"; output;
  dt="05-aug-2016"; output;
run;

data want;
  set have;
  d2=input(compress(dt," -"),date9.);
  format d2 date9.;
run;
robertrao
Quartz | Level 8
Hello,
Just wondering why is there a space before the hyphen when using compress function?
RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Typo, its not needed.

robertrao
Quartz | Level 8
First I thought the space is used to let SAS to keep anything before that but then I removed the space and still it worked. Just double checking. Thank you again
BrunoMueller
SAS Super FREQ

The answer is already solved, just wanted to mention, that the date11 informat can read the dates that are shown.

 

See sample code below:

data have;
  length dt $20;
  dt="4-Aug-2016"; output;
  dt="05-aug-2016"; output;
run;

data want;
  set have;
  d2 = input(dt, date11.);
  format d2 date9.;
run;

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