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Jyuen204
Obsidian | Level 7

I have some table inserts i an trying to do and with the insert I am wanting to include a hardcoded date.

 

proc sql;

select '8Mar2021'd as CAMP_DT from <TABLE>;

quit;

 

This comes back with a numeric date...

Tried:
datepart('8Mar2021'd) format date9. as CAMP_DT

But that came back in the correct format, wrong date (SAS Origin date 01JAN1960)

Just trying to return 08MAR2021 in this example.

 

Thanks!

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

If you want a human-readable date just attach a format, try

proc sql;

select '8Mar2021'd as CAMP_DT format=date9. from <TABLE>;

quit;

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

If you want a human-readable date just attach a format, try

proc sql;

select '8Mar2021'd as CAMP_DT format=date9. from <TABLE>;

quit;
Jyuen204
Obsidian | Level 7

Ah, I over thought it. Thank you so much!

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