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Rachandu
Calcite | Level 5

I have a situation where I need to convert a date to date9. in a macro variable

%let date=2012-01-01;

I need to convert above date to date9. format in to another macro variable.

ANy help is much appreciated.

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Reeza
Super User

Use %sysfunc and inputN function to convert:

%let date=2012-01-01;

%let date_d9=%sysfunc(inputn(&date, yymmdd10.), date9.);

%put &date_d9.;

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Reeza
Super User

Use %sysfunc and inputN function to convert:

%let date=2012-01-01;

%let date_d9=%sysfunc(inputn(&date, yymmdd10.), date9.);

%put &date_d9.;

djrisks
Barite | Level 11

Thank you for this solution Reeza. It really helped me today! 🙂

sfmeier
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi all,

 

I tried the same thing but it does not work here:

 

23         %put &StT; /* aus der Eingabeaufforderung */
20170401
24          
25         %let dateend = %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(INPUTN(%sysfunc(PUTN(&StT, Z8.)), YYMMDD8.)), date9.));
26         %put &dateend;
01APR2017
27          
28          
29         %PUT SAS DATA VALUE: &StT;
SAS DATA VALUE: 20170401
30          
31         %let dateend2 = %sysfunc(INPUTN(&StT, Z8.), date9.);
32         %put &dateend2;
*********
33        

 

I cannot find my error. Can somebody please help?

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