ods tagsets.excelxp proc report date9. column displays as text in excel

[cxkev]

Good Morning,

I am outputting a dataset into excel using tagsets.excelxp.

There is a date column that is formatted as date9. in SAS.

I am using a proc report within the ods code to output the data.

In the excel output, the date is formatted as text.

Is there a way I can show this as date format in excel?

/**********************************************************************/

ods tagsets.ExcelXP file="c:\test.xls"

style=egdefault

options(sheet_interval='none' sheet_name='referrals');

proc report data=referrals_freq;

run;

ods tagsets.ExcelXP close;

/**********************************************************************/

[Ksharp]

Check  tagattr={}  style . or change that date column into Character date by date9. format.

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Hi, here are some examples. You might want to work with Tech Support, too. When I use SAS 9.4 and TAGSETS.EXCELXP, the date variable is numeric in Excel and respects the SAS format. Please refer to the code and output shown in the attached screen shots. If your version of SAS is 9.3 or 9.4 and you are not seeing the date format, then that is something that should be checked out.

cynthia

[cxkev]

Thank you both for your help.