Hello SAS world!!
I want to calculate difference between two dates, which are in the following formate: "12JUL2012 and 20120711".
I got a date difference as "-20101525", which is utterly wrong. Can someone help me with this problem?
Thanks
--Sujith
I suspect that DEATH_DT is actually just a number and not a date at all. If that's true, you could try:
Days_to_Death = mindate - input(put(death_dt, 8.), yymmdd8.);
You say formats. Can you confirm that date formats are applied to both variables? Make sure it's not numeric with a numeric or datetime format.
What SAS code got you that result?
mindate DEATH_DT Days_to_Death
12JUL2012 20120711 -20101525
data M.Death;
set M.Death;
Days_to_Death = (mindate-DEATH_DT);
run;
It looks like DEATH_DT is a SAS datetime and not a SAS date. Try
Days_to_Death = (mindate-datepart(DEATH_DT));
I suspect that DEATH_DT is actually just a number and not a date at all. If that's true, you could try:
Days_to_Death = mindate - input(put(death_dt, 8.), yymmdd8.);
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