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Phil_from_PGA
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, I've to import a database table into a SAS table but I want one of the columns being imported which represents the time period to be converted from a character to a SAs date column.

The orginal period column is in character format as, for example, YYYY-MM-DD  (such as 2013-09-01) but I would like it to be in the format 01SEP2013 as a SAs date column. Here is my code:

  

/* This step imports a file from the DW into a library called current on the C drive */

data current.dos_data;

set mysqlsvr.dos_date_of_supply;

format period default=DATE9.;

informat period default=DATE9.;

run;

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art297
Opal | Level 21
data have;
  input period $10.;
  cards;
2013-09-01
;

data want (drop=_:);
  set have (rename=(period=_period));
  format period date9.;
  date=input(_period,yymmdd10.);
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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art297
Opal | Level 21
data have;
  input period $10.;
  cards;
2013-09-01
;

data want (drop=_:);
  set have (rename=(period=_period));
  format period date9.;
  date=input(_period,yymmdd10.);
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

You can do it on the fly

data CURRENT.DOS_DATA;
  set MYSQLSVR.DOS_DATE_OF_SUPPLY(rename=(PERIOD=PERIODC));
  format PERIOD date9.;
  PERIOD=input(PERIODC,yymmdd10.);
run;
Phil_from_PGA
Calcite | Level 5
Thanks - much appreciated.


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