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WorkingMan
Calcite | Level 5

Hi everyone. I am trying my script, to get "datetime" in the format of "201808" into datetime.

 

Here is the code:

  
%let period=201808;
Period=input(catx(':',put(&period, date9.),'00:00:00'), datetime.);

I am expecting to see the result of : 01Aug2018:00:00:00, in datetime format.

 

However, I am only getting the result of 13JUL2512:00:00:00

 

What could be wrong?

 

%let period=201808;

Data want;

Period=.;

run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
Period=input(catx(':',put(input("&period", yymmn6.),date9.),'00:00:00'), datetime.);
format period datetime20.;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
Period=input(catx(':',put(input("&period", yymmn6.),date9.),'00:00:00'), datetime.);
format period datetime20.;
run;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

&period contains just a number. Interpreting that number as a SAS date value (what you do with

put(&period, date9.)

) renders a date that is 201808 days after 1960-01-01, which gives you that day in 2512.

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