Hello,
I would like to change char variable like "202101" to date in YYMMDD10. format (2021-01-01)
I tried input(DATE,YYMMDD10.) which returns "."
How to solve that?
Assuming you want the first of the month, this should work. Use CATT to append an "01" or whatever day that you want.
data have;
input date $;
datalines;
202001
202002
199111
;
run;
data want;
set have;
format date_test yymmdd10.;
date_test = input(catt(date, "01"), yymmdd10.);
run;
Assuming you want the first of the month, this should work. Use CATT to append an "01" or whatever day that you want.
data have;
input date $;
datalines;
202001
202002
199111
;
run;
data want;
set have;
format date_test yymmdd10.;
date_test = input(catt(date, "01"), yymmdd10.);
run;
There's a dedicated informat for this:
data check;
chardate = "202101";
format numdate yymmdd10.;
numdate = input(chardate,yymmn6.);
run;
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