I have a variable DATE that has a value of 2012-04-05. How do I convert that value into 05Apr2012?
Christos
Hi,
From your description, it is difficult to tell whether you want to change format for a numeric variable(dt1) or you want to make change on a character variable(dt2). Any way, the following example addressed both.
data have;
input dt1 yymmdd10. @1 dt2 $10.;
format dt1 yymmdd10.;
cards;
2012-04-05
run;
data want;
set have;
format dt1 date9.;
dt2=put(input(dt2,yymmdd10.),date9.);
run;
proc print;run;
Haikuo
Hi,
From your description, it is difficult to tell whether you want to change format for a numeric variable(dt1) or you want to make change on a character variable(dt2). Any way, the following example addressed both.
data have;
input dt1 yymmdd10. @1 dt2 $10.;
format dt1 yymmdd10.;
cards;
2012-04-05
run;
data want;
set have;
format dt1 date9.;
dt2=put(input(dt2,yymmdd10.),date9.);
run;
proc print;run;
Haikuo
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