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Grant
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, this is my first post, and I am wondering how I can use the date three months ago in a sql query. I want to use the date in a WHERE clause. The main problem I have is that today() does not play well with intnx.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

 

data _null_;
threeMonthsAgo = intnx('month', today(), -3, e);
call symput('end_date', threeMonthsAgo);
run;

proc sql;
select * from mydatabase where the_date < &end_date;
end;

 

 

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ballardw
Super User
You need to check your log the issue is that e needs to be in quotes as a directive to INTNX. Without quotes it is interpreted to be a variable and since there is no variable e it has no value and generates an error.

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ballardw
Super User
You need to check your log the issue is that e needs to be in quotes as a directive to INTNX. Without quotes it is interpreted to be a variable and since there is no variable e it has no value and generates an error.
Grant
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you for your help.

 

Here is the new code with your improvements plus formatting:

 

data _null_;
threeMonthsAgo = put(intnx('month', today(), -3, 'e'), yymmdd10.);
call symput('end_date', threeMonthsAgo);
run;

%put &end_date;

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