I have a numeric date variable with the format 11. in the dataset 20010813
How can I convert it to 13AUG2001?
Thanks
data have;
input current_date;
cards;
20010813
;
data want;
set have;
current_date=input(put(current_date, 8.), yymmdd8.);
format current_date date9.;
run;
This will display the date in a date9. format, but it still stored as a number underneath.
data have;
input current_date;
cards;
20010813
;
data want;
set have;
current_date=input(put(current_date, 8.), yymmdd8.);
format current_date date9.;
run;
This will display the date in a date9. format, but it still stored as a number underneath.
If you have clean data (and most of us don't)...then you can use an input format to tell sas that you are reading in what you want to be considered a date variable.
data have;
informat current_date yymmdd8.;
format current_date date9.;
input current_date;
cards;
20010813
;
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