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krm
Obsidian | Level 7 krm
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi, 

 

The dataset that I have, has the date as a character format.

 

For example:

 

April 1, 2017

 

I used input function but it didn't work. 

 

Is it possible to convert this to a date format? 

 

 

Thank you for the help! 

 

 

 

 

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Reeza
Super User

Try INPUT with ANYDTDTE informat.

 

 

krm
Obsidian | Level 7 krm
Obsidian | Level 7

It worked! great information thanks a lot!

 

input(date,ANYDTDTE32.) as new_date format date10.

Cynthia_sas
SAS Super FREQ

Hi,

  The INFORMAT of ANYDTDTE. worked for me as shown below.

cynthia

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