How to convert date format of 01SEP2015 to number format like 20340. - SAS Support Communities

Fluorite | Level 6

Fluorite | Level 6

How to convert date format of 01SEP2015 to number format like 20340.

Posted 10-02-2015 06:41 PM (623 views)

How to convert date format of 01SEP2015 to number format like 20340.

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Re: How to convert date format of 01SEP2015 to number format like 20340.

Posted 10-02-2015 06:49 PM (621 views) | In reply to archana

If you have a date variable then it is already a number, then number of days since 01JAN1960. Just display it using a different format.

If you have '01SEP2015' in a character variable or input file then you can use the INFORMAT of DATE9 to convert it into a SAS date value.

datestr='01SEP2015';
dateval=input(datestr,date9.);
format dateval date9. ;