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sasphd
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello 

I want to change date format from $10. to yymmn6.

thanks

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ballardw
Super User

Make a new data set with an added variable. Once a variable has a type you cannot change it.

 

data want;
   set have;
   newdatevar = input(current_datevar,yymmdd10.);
   format newdatevar yymmn6.;
run;

@sasphd wrote:

Hello

my date variable is like "2023-09-18" but its format in SAS is $10.

I want to transform it to date format

thanks 


 

 

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ballardw
Super User

You will need to show some example values of your existing variable. The $10 attached to your variable means that it is a character value and so a date formatcannot be applied. You have to create a new variable this is numeric with the appropriate date value. To help do that you need to provide examples of the current variable and we can show how to make a date value.

sasphd
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello

my date variable is like "2023-09-18" but its format in SAS is $10.

I want to transform it to date format

thanks 

ballardw
Super User

Make a new data set with an added variable. Once a variable has a type you cannot change it.

 

data want;
   set have;
   newdatevar = input(current_datevar,yymmdd10.);
   format newdatevar yymmn6.;
run;

@sasphd wrote:

Hello

my date variable is like "2023-09-18" but its format in SAS is $10.

I want to transform it to date format

thanks 


 

 

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Suppose the name of your variable is datevar.

data want;
set have (rename=(datevar=_datevar));
datevar = input(_datevar,yymmdd10.);
format datevar yymmn6.;
drop _datevar;
run;

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