Hi...I am trying to convert a character date to numeric date. The character date is in the formate of weekdate17. I can't seem to get it converted.
Then go for:
SASdate = input(cats(scan(myDate,3), scan(myDate, 2), scan(myDate, 4)), date9.);
Try
SASdate = input(cats(substr(myDate,10, 2), substr(myDate, 6, 3), substr(myDate,14, 4)), date9.);
You may need to provide some actual examples. This example may give you a starting point.
data junk;
x= 'Tuesday, June 1, 2016';
y=input(substr(x,index(x,' ')),anydtdte15.);
format y mmddyy10.;
run;
HI PGStats/Ballardw......Thanks for both your suggestions. I tried both of them and they gave me the exact same results with one problem. When the date had a single interger for the day number in the date ( Thu. May 7, 2015) , it produced a blank space otherwise worked perfect. Thanks
We would have to see your data and the actual code you ran to see what was generating the space.
I can't duplicate the issue with your Thu. May 7, 2015 example even inserting an additional space into the input between the month and the day of the month. It may be you have some sort of non-printable character or a double-byte conversion issue.
Then go for:
SASdate = input(cats(scan(myDate,3), scan(myDate, 2), scan(myDate, 4)), date9.);
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