If condition

[robertrao]

Hi,

I am trying to find if date variable is greater than surgery variable by 35days

both are dates.

is this below code right??????

data want;

set have;

if date ge (Surgery - 60*60*24*35);

run;

Thanks

[Vince28_Statcan · Accepted solution]

That would work if your values were datetime, not date. Date formats are stored as the number of days since a fixed date (01/01/1960) so you'd simply need to substract 35.

It is typically best to get accustomed to the intnx function though for date distance. I'll let you look that up.