Invalid date/time/datetime constant

[Aleixo]

Hi,

I had this ERROR about dates. I tried with fix dates like 01JAN2012 and 07FEB2018 and works fine. I don't know why SAS doesn't like calculated variables.

34         
35         GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;
36         %let date=2012-01-01;
37         %let date_d9=%sysfunc(inputn(&date, yymmdd10.), date9.);
38         %put &date_d9.;
01JAN2012
39         
40         %let tdate = %sysfunc(today(),date9.);
41         %put &tdate.;
07FEB2018
42         
43         PROC SQL;
44         CREATE TABLE WORK.TEST AS
45         SELECT t1.'Instalação'n,
46                   t1.Painel,
47                   t1.'Último Disparo'n
48         FROM WORK.LISTADISJUNTORESRND t1
49         WHERE t1.'Último Disparo'n BETWEEN 'date_d9.'d AND 'tdate.'d;
ERROR: Invalid date/time/datetime constant 'date_d9.'d.
ERROR: Invalid date/time/datetime constant 'tdate.'d.
NOTE: PROC SQL set option NOEXEC and will continue to check the syntax of statements.
50         quit;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

Regards,

Aleixo

[Astounding · Accepted solution]

You need to refer to your macro variables properly.  That means adding &, and using double quotes instead of single quotes:

WHERE t1.'Último Disparo'n BETWEEN "&date_d9."d AND "&tdate."d;

[Aleixo]

Thanks a lot. Yes it is true. I try with & but i never put characters "" .

[Reeza]

Two errors:

1. No & (ampersand) before the macro variables

2. Macro variables only resolve in double quotes

Once you make those changes it should work.

[Aleixo]

Thank you.