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nzrdufiu
Obsidian | Level 7

I have datasets as follows:

 

GVKEY DATADATE

0111     19740131

0111     19740231

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0111    20150131

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I want to  create new variables--year and month from the datadate. What would be the code both in data step and in proc sql?  

Thank you. 

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

In case DATADATE is a character variable do:

 

year = input(substr(datadate,1,4),4.);

month = input(substr(datadate,5,2),2.);

 

In case the variable is numeric do:

year = int(datadate/10000);  

   or year = input(substr(put(datadate,8.),1,4),4.);

month = input(substr(put(datadate,8.),5,2),2.);

 

in case datadate is a date variable with predefined format of yymmdd8. then

    year = year(datadate);

   month = month(datadate);

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

In case DATADATE is a character variable do:

 

year = input(substr(datadate,1,4),4.);

month = input(substr(datadate,5,2),2.);

 

In case the variable is numeric do:

year = int(datadate/10000);  

   or year = input(substr(put(datadate,8.),1,4),4.);

month = input(substr(put(datadate,8.),5,2),2.);

 

in case datadate is a date variable with predefined format of yymmdd8. then

    year = year(datadate);

   month = month(datadate);

 

nzrdufiu
Obsidian | Level 7

Yes, it works. Thank you.

nzrdufiu
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you.

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