SAS date

[Ronein]

Hello
Let's say that a user define a SAS date parameter
%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
The task is to create a char date with value 26-03-2019.
How can i do it in data set code?
How can I do it in open code ?

[novinosrin · Accepted solution]

%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
data char_Date;
char_Date=put(&ddate,ddmmyyd10.);
run;

[novinosrin]

Open code

%let ddate='26mar2019'd;
%let want_date=%sysfunc(putn(&ddate, ddmmyyd10.));
%put &want_Date;