proc sql and date format

[Tal]

Hi all

If i have a table of gender and date of birth

M 12/12/2008

M 23/10/1998

F 12/09/1798

F 09/07/2001

.,......

......

And want to find the max and min DOB by gender

Proc sql;

Select gender,max(dob),min(dob)

From have

Group by gender; quit;

This gives me the max and min in numeric

Any way proc sql can return these values in a date format?

Thanks

[statistician13 · Accepted solution]

You are almost there.

Try this:

Proc sql;
Select
       gender,
     max(dob) as MaxDOB format=MMDDYY10. ,
     min(dob) as MinDOB format=MMDDYY10.
From
     have
Group by
     gender;
quit;

[Tal]

right!

forgot i could use format in  proc sql :smileysilly:

Thank you!