Good Afternoon
Im wondering if there is any way to convert a Text date that looks like 02JAN2017
Since im simply reading a dataset that has the date stored in this manor, im extracting it using a select statement, if at possible to convert or substring it from there and convert it, would be Best for me newbie self 🙂
any help is greatly appreciated
happy friday!
In a data step, since you have already read the data:
SASDate = input(yourdate, date9.);
format SASdate date9. ; /* or any of the other date formats humans like*/
in sql it would be
input(yourdate,date9.) as SASDate format=date9.
Best would be to read the data initially.
In a data step, since you have already read the data:
SASDate = input(yourdate, date9.);
format SASdate date9. ; /* or any of the other date formats humans like*/
in sql it would be
input(yourdate,date9.) as SASDate format=date9.
Best would be to read the data initially.
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