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archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

I have a character variable internship_date in the following format (20000130) and would like to get the week days?

Any ideas? Thanks

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

First, convert the character variable to a SAS date:

internship_date_d = input(internship_date,yymmdd8.);

Then, either use the weekday() function to obtain a number (0..6) that identifies the weekday, or use the weekday. format to display teh same number.

Or use the downame. format to display the English names of the weekdays.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

First, convert the character variable to a SAS date:

internship_date_d = input(internship_date,yymmdd8.);

Then, either use the weekday() function to obtain a number (0..6) that identifies the weekday, or use the weekday. format to display teh same number.

Or use the downame. format to display the English names of the weekdays.

archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

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