I am trying to calculate the difference in days between dates. More specifically between the values of variable Date and January 1, 2000.
Here it is my code and I have attached the data set:
PROC IMPORT OUT= work.NBA
DATAFILE= "/folders/myfolders/NBA60.txt"
DBMS=CSV REPLACE;
DELIMITER=',';
GETNAMES=YES;
RUN;
PROC PRINT DATA=work.NBA;
RUN;
PROC PRINT DATA = NBA;
FORMAT Date WORDDATE. ;
RUN;
DATA NBA;
fecha = intck('day', DATE, "01Jan2000"d);
RUN;
PROC PRINT DATA=NBA;
RUN;
You forgot the SET statement in your data step.
DATA NBA_DURATION;
set NBA;
fecha = intck('day', DATE, "01Jan2000"d);
RUN;
You forgot the SET statement in your data step.
DATA NBA_DURATION;
set NBA;
fecha = intck('day', DATE, "01Jan2000"d);
RUN;
Your data has some dates before year 2000, and some after. So when you calculate the difference, which years should show a negative difference and which a positive difference?
Your formula calculates the number of days as negative for years after 2000. It's easy to reverse that, and you don't need any functions to do it:
fecha = date - '01jan2000'd;
And yes, you do need a SET statement.
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