Numerical Date to Character that is in the format ddmonyyyy,

[librasonali]

date1 =12001

Create a new variable Chdate that converts the date1 variable to a character variable that is in the format ddmonyyyy, such as 11NOV1992.

my prog :

Data X;

date1 =12001; 

Chdate=put(date1,9.);
format Chdate ddmonyyyy. ;

run;

output 

date1 Chdate

12001 12001 

Chdate should be in format ddmonyy. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

Use the DATE9. format.

[PeterClemmensen]

Data X;
   date1 = 12001; 
   Chdate = put(date1,date9.);
run;

[librasonali]

if date1 =201411
/*where initial 4 digits are year and rest months */
then what will be the format ?

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@librasonali wrote:
if date1 =201411
/*where initial 4 digits are year and rest months */
then what will be the format ?

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If that is stored as a number, you need to first convert it to a SAS date:

date1 = input(put(date1,z6.),yymmn6.);

for the DATE9. format to work. You will see that the resulting date is the first of the month.

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Working-with-Dates-and-Times-in-SAS-Tutorial/... has a PDF with much information about dates.