two dates

[rakeshvvv]

Hi All,

I have dataset with three variable ID, DATE1, DATE2.....I have to output in such way that new datatset should have two varibles ID and lowest of dates of the two.... the two dates are 17-APR-2015 this format and should final date should be ISO8601 format....

001 17-APR-2015 17-MAY-2015

002 17-APR-2015 17-JAN-2015

OUTPUT:

001  2015-04-17

002  2015-01-17

can some one help on this....

Thanks

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

If the date variables are SAS date valued then just change the format to yymmdd10.

Assumes the dates are SAS date valued:

data want;

     set have;

     date = min(date1,date2);

     format date yymmdd10.;

     keep = id date;

run;