Hi everyone,
anyone can tell me the difference of these two formats for a character variable called date:
$10.
mmddyy10.
Cheers,
Jose.
mmddyy10. is a format that, when applied to a number, will display the number of days since Jan 1, 1960 that the number represents. Thus, 2, would be displayed as Jan 2, 1960.
$10. can only be applied to a string of characters and will simply display that string. Thus if the string is the character that represents the number 2, it will be displayed as 2.
mmddyy10. is a format that, when applied to a number, will display the number of days since Jan 1, 1960 that the number represents. Thus, 2, would be displayed as Jan 2, 1960.
$10. can only be applied to a string of characters and will simply display that string. Thus if the string is the character that represents the number 2, it will be displayed as 2.
Actually 01jan1960 is 0 , 02jan1960 is 1.
22 data _null_;
23 do i=0 to 4;
24 put i date9.;
25 end;
26 run;
01JAN1960
02JAN1960
03JAN1960
04JAN1960
05JAN1960
Ksharp
$10. will be your date as character. you would not be able to do any date operations on this variable. However mmddyy10. is date which is numeric in nature.
Don't miss out on SAS Innovate - Register now for the FREE Livestream!
Can't make it to Vegas? No problem! Watch our general sessions LIVE or on-demand starting April 17th. Hear from SAS execs, best-selling author Adam Grant, Hot Ones host Sean Evans, top tech journalist Kara Swisher, AI expert Cassie Kozyrkov, and the mind-blowing dance crew iLuminate! Plus, get access to over 20 breakout sessions.
Learn the difference between classical and Bayesian statistical approaches and see a few PROC examples to perform Bayesian analysis in this video.
Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.