Good morning:
I have an dataset and i have to replace some dates (including formats):
i was trying to use this:
data have;
input ID birth_day:mmddyy10.;
format birth_day mmddyy10.;
cards;
1515 03/22/2000
1533 12/19/2000
;
Data want;
set have;
if ID = 1515 then birth_day = '01/26/2003';
if ID = 1533 then birth_day = '01/30/2004';
run;
I tried this estatements and it is not working
Can anybody give me some hints please??
thanks
The date your are trying to assign is a string, dates in SAS a numerical.
If you wish to express a data constant, you need to use the date format and using a data literal:
'01Jan205'd
Thanks for your answer:
i use this format:
mmddyy10.
the original data is formated like this.
ill try and give notices
The value of a Date literal must be in the form of 'ddMONyy'd or 'ddMONyyyy'd for SAS to recognize it as a date. If you have assigned a format of mmddyy10. to the variable then that is the default appearance the value will have in your data set.
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