Hello, I'm trying to create macros containing the first date of the month for all months in between certain dates (in the case below, it is a calendar year, but this will not be the case every time).
The bold part of the program (macro dates_month)is not working for me; I'm not sure why. I'm not concerned with the actual values at this point, I'm just trying to figure out why macros &Date1 - $Date12 are not being created.
Thanks,
Joe
%macro date_calc;
data _null_;
Start = put(intnx('month',today(),-14),date9.);
call symput('Start',"'"||Start||"'d");
run;
data _null_;
firstday = intnx('month',today(),-2);
End = put((firstday - 1),date9.);
call symput('End',"'"||End||"'d");
run;
%mend date_calc;
%date_calc;
data _null_;
MONTH= INTCK('MONTH',&start,&End+1);
call symput('MONTH',(Month));
run;
%put(Start) = &Start;
%put(End) = &End;
%put(Month) = &Month;
%macro dates_month;
%do I = 1 %to 12;
data _null_;
Date&I = intnx('month',&Start,&I);
call symput("Date&I",Date&I);
run;
%end;
%mend;
%dates_month;
%put(Date1) = &Date1;
