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zdassu
Quartz | Level 8

Hi I have a column called SystemDate with a date format yymmdd8 and the date is being displayed  06-08-10 I would like to rename the column to Todaysdate and have the date format DDMMYY10 10/08/2006. How would I go about changing the format of the date?

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User
data want;
set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate));
format todaysdate ddmmyy10.;
run;

If your dataset is large and you do not need to preserve its original status, consider using proc datasets.

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
  set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate));
  format todaysdate ddmmyy10.;
run;
Oligolas
Barite | Level 11

Hi,

 

DATA have;
   systemDate="10AUG2006"d;
   format systemdate yymmdd8.;
RUN;

DATA want;
   SET have(rename=(SystemDate=Todaysdate));
   format Todaysdate DDMMYY10.;
RUN;
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Kurt_Bremser
Super User
data want;
set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate));
format todaysdate ddmmyy10.;
run;

If your dataset is large and you do not need to preserve its original status, consider using proc datasets.

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