The date I have for DOB in a file I imported looks like this:
12/11/2000 (my proc contents says that the FORMAT and INFORMAT is numeric).
I need to convert DOB values to that 12/11/2000 becomes 12112000.
When I use the code below and run a PROC FREQ the data displays as numeric values in the output.
data student2 (rename=(dob2=dob));
*ASSIGN LENGTH OF REQUIRED VARS*;
length last_name $35 first_name $20 middle_name $1 ;
set student;
*DOB*;
dob2=COMPRESS(dob,"/");
drop dob;
run;
If the current format is MMDDYY10 as it appears you may only need to change the FORMAT to MMDDYYN8.
You could do this as need for display in a procedure or in a data step to permanently modify the variable:
Format DOB mmddyyn8.;
If the current format is MMDDYY10 as it appears you may only need to change the FORMAT to MMDDYYN8.
You could do this as need for display in a procedure or in a data step to permanently modify the variable:
Format DOB mmddyyn8.;
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