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itshere
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello - 

 

I currently have 2016-01-01 in my data.. its format is text,20. 

 

I want to join it with another table that i have and its format is 01JAN2016 00:00:00

 

How do I first convert the text DATE into number DATE and then in the correct format to join on this ^

 

I initially did Input(A.int_date, datetime20.) but it made all the rows blank. 

 

Any ideas?


Thanks!

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Build a SAS datetime value with function DHMS

 

dt = dhms(input(A.int_date, yymmdd10.), 0, 0, 0);

format dt datetime20.;

PG
itshere
Obsidian | Level 7
I forgot to mention Im using PROC SQL

So i need something that is supported by that.
ballardw
Super User

dhms(input(A.int_date, yymmdd10.), 0, 0, 0) is supported by SAS Proc SQL.

You can us the value in a where clause as: Where dhms(input(A.int_date, yymmdd10.), 0, 0, 0) > <some datetime value>

or

join on dhms(input(A.int_date, yymmdd10.), 0, 0, 0) = b.datetimevariablename

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