transforming a character date into a sas date using %sysfunc

[alepage]

Hello,

I would like to transform a date into numerical value 

Here's my code

%let date1='01jan2017'd;

%let date2=%sysfunc(????(&date1),????);

%put &date2;

&date2=20820;

[art297]

I think you are looking for:

%let date1='01jan2017'd;
%let date2=%sysevalf(&date1);

%put &date2;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

[alepage]

Good morning,

It is exactly what I was looking for.  

Thanks a lot for your help.

Alain

[Ksharp]

%let date1=01jan2017;
%let num=%sysfunc(inputn(&date1,date9.));
%put &num ;