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debw16
Fluorite | Level 6

I have the following date in my SAS program.

 

201707

 

In YYMMN6. format, (numeric data).

 

I need to export it into Excel in the same configuration 201707, but as a general format, as in ... not a date, just a number.

 

Any ideas on how to approach this?

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debw16
Fluorite | Level 6

I solved this by simply changing the format to 8. using the FORMAT command in a  DATA step.  Ultimately, though, I used PROC IMPORT to import the Excel file and that made the date easier to work with.

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Reeza
Super User

@debw16 wrote:

I have the following date in my SAS program.

 

201707

 

In YYMMN6. format, (numeric data).

 

I need to export it into Excel in the same configuration 201707, but as a general format, as in ... not a date, just a number.

 

Any ideas on how to approach this?



Use ODS EXCEL with TAGATTR. 

 

Page 7 here: 

https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings16/SAS5642-2016.pdf

 

Another option is is to create a text variable and that will look correct, but a user would have to convert it. 

 

 

debw16
Fluorite | Level 6

Thanks Reeza, I'll check this out soon and see if I can find something that works.

debw16
Fluorite | Level 6

I solved this by simply changing the format to 8. using the FORMAT command in a  DATA step.  Ultimately, though, I used PROC IMPORT to import the Excel file and that made the date easier to work with.

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