Hello,
I do need to change date in YYYY-MM-DD format by using the macro value.
%LET start_date = '01Feb2022'd;
%let start = (&start_date., yymmdd10.);
%put &start.;
start should be 2022-02-01.
The macro processor needs additional instruction in order to work with dates. This is the %SYSEVALF function and the %SYSFUNC function.
Please note for clarity, now and in the future: your title implies you are working with macros. You are not working with macros. You are working with macro variables, which is something different than a macro. Do not use "macro" to refer to "macro variables".
%let start_date = %sysevalf('01feb2022'd);
%let start = %sysfunc(putn(&start_date, yymmdd10.));
%put &=start;
No need to add the %SYSEVALF() if you are going to use the value with %SYSFUNC(). Unlike the %EVAL() macro function used for most macro code evaluations the SAS data step functions know how to interpret literals directly.
238 %let start_date = '01Feb2022'd; 239 %let start = %sysfunc(putn(&start_date., yymmdd10.)); 240 %put &=start_date &=start; START_DATE='01Feb2022'd START=2022-02-01
Starting day of month for current month in desired format
1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK; SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable _SASWSTEMP_ resolves to /home/fkhurshed/.sasstudio/.images/9a0e017f-022a-4352-9956-2f959c2997c7 SYMBOLGEN: Some characters in the above value which were subject to macro quoting have been unquoted for printing. SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable GRAPHINIT resolves to GOPTIONS RESET=ALL GSFNAME=_GSFNAME; 68 69 %let start = %sysfunc(intnx(month, %sysfunc(today()), 0, b), yymmdd10.); 70 %put &start.; SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable START resolves to 2022-02-01 2022-02-01
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