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CurryThree6
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I have a SAS EG assignment that needs me to combine year, 'Q' string, and quarter number in column. I converted a column named 'Date' (date format is 01Jan2019 for example) by using a WHEN Condition to read if the Q will be 1,2,3,or 4 named 'Quarter Ordered' with the Quarter number, shown below.. 

DateQuarter
Sep20184

Q1 is January, February, March. Q2 is April, May, June. Q3 is July, August, September. Q4 is October, November, December.

 

I'm stuck on how to format the quarter ordered column to read for example "2018Q4"

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ballardw
Super User

Use the correct format with an actual SAS date value.

data example;
   date = '01Jan2019'd;
   format date yyq6.;
run;

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