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TMiller16
Fluorite | Level 6

I am using EG and PROC SQL to pull the YEAR from a Date field. 

 

So I used:

 

YEAR(Field_Name) AS BID_YEAR

 

did the same thing for MONTH, however I am getting this error:

 

NOTE: Invalid argument to function YEAR. Missing values may be generated.

NOTE: Invalid argument to function MONTH. Missing values may be generated.

 

So, how does this need to be written?

 

 

 

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Your date variable is probably a SAS datetime, and not a SAS date. Try YEAR(DATEPART(field_name)) as BID_YEAR;

PG

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mkeintz
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TMiller16
Fluorite | Level 6

Yes, it is coming from an access db, and I checked, it is a date field and there are dates in the tbl.  I even went back to make sure I was using the correct syntax and I am

 

MONTH(BD.BID_DATE) AS BID_MONTH

 

So I am at a loss...

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Your date variable is probably a SAS datetime, and not a SAS date. Try YEAR(DATEPART(field_name)) as BID_YEAR;

PG
TMiller16
Fluorite | Level 6

As I was thinking about it, I had to do that for another calculation, so that was the issue!  Thank you!!

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