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mrafael03
Obsidian | Level 7

Date Set

ID           DATE

001         10/01/2014
002         08/29/2019

 003        03/17/2020

 

Expected Result

ID           DATE

001         10/01/2020
002         08/29/2020

003         03/17/2020

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
date=mdy(month(date), day(date), 2020);
 
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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
date=mdy(month(date), day(date), 2020);
 
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Paige Miller
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

In the original data set, is variable date a true SAS date value? Is it numeric or character?

 

Show us the full log of this data step, do not chop anything out.

 
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Paige Miller
mrafael03
Obsidian | Level 7
So the source has a data type of date
Here's what I did:

proc sql;
create table test2 as select
ID
,mdy(month(date), day(date), 2020) AS next_dt
from test1
group by ID;
quit;

THEN RESULT:
ID next_dt (data type numeric)
001 22189
001 22156

How do I change the data type of next_dt field to date?

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