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cho16
Obsidian | Level 7

 

Hi,

 

I have a variable 'date' which stores dates as numbers, eg: 2140314 .

 

For example, the following shows what my data looks like:

2140205

2140328

2140314

 

All of the data is shown as the number format. I want to convert them into date format.  For example, I want to change 2140314  into 03/14/2014.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User
data have;
input date;
cards;
2140314
;
run;

data want (drop=olddate helpstring);
set have (rename=(date=olddate));
length helpstring $8;
helpstring = put(olddate,7.);
helpstring = substr(helpstring,1,1) !! '0' !! substr(helpstring,2);
format date mmddyy10.;
date = input(helpstring,yymmdd8.);
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User
data have;
input date;
cards;
2140314
;
run;

data want (drop=olddate helpstring);
set have (rename=(date=olddate));
length helpstring $8;
helpstring = put(olddate,7.);
helpstring = substr(helpstring,1,1) !! '0' !! substr(helpstring,2);
format date mmddyy10.;
date = input(helpstring,yymmdd8.);
run;

cho16
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you ! It solves my problem

data_null__
Jade | Level 19

This uses the CATS function to silently convert numeric to character.

 

33         data _null_;
34            input number;
35            date = input(substrn(cats(number),2),yymmdd6.);
36            format date yymmddd10.;
37            put (_all_)(=);
38            cards;

number=2140205 date=2014-02-05
number=2140328 date=2014-03-28
number=2140314 date=2014-03-14

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