Date format

[JNWong]

hi,

As i want to convert the sas date format.i have a masterdateset which variable'date1' attribute like:

but  in  my transdataset  the variable'date1' ,its attribute is ;

 i need to conver the transdataset 'date1' format and informat and type to the corresponding masterdataset ' date1' format and informat and type.

besides,the date1 are now  display the same in the both dataset,like'09/11/2012' 

just different in the 'format,informat and type'

i have no idea about this.

Thanks!

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

How are you creating your transaction dataset? Maybe you can fix it in that step. 

Or you can convert it using the function below. 

You can also apply the format, but it's not necessary. 

input(date1, mmddyy10.)