I have data of the following form:
period | some_random_number |
202203 | 100 |
202204 | 222 |
where the period has the type: character with length 9.
and I would like to convert it to date9. so that 202203 is converted to 01MAR2022 and 202204 to 01APR2022.
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
data want;
set have;
new_period=input(period,yymmn6.);
format new_period date9.;
run;
Use INPUT() to make a new numeric variable with date values. The YYMMN informat will recognize those strings.
date=input(period,yymmn6.);
format date date9.;
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