put-input

[Tal]

hi guys.

When trying to convert this number x=123199  to a date using format date9. i get 4/22/97 but if i use the put + input functions i get different results :

x=123199 ;

xchar = put(x,z6.) ;

xdate = input (xchar, mmddyy6.) ;

format xdate date9. ;

so xdate=31/dec/99 in this case.

So how come?

[PGStats · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The string "123199" is read like the date 12/31/99 whereas the number 123199 is the number of days between 01JAN1960 and 22APR2297, which is the date you get when converting 123199 into a date.

PG

[Tal]

right right,did not think of it!

Thanks so much