add day to format date

[sasphd]

hello, 

I have date format yymmn6. I want to change it to MMDDYY10.

 by adding the last day of the month 

have : 198605 

want 05/31/1986

thanks

[Kurt_Bremser]

Is the variable in question already a SAS date with a format of YYMMN6., or is it a character variable containing the string?

If it is already a date, then this does it:

format var mmddyy10.;
var = intnx('month',var,0,'e');

If it is a string, do this:

numdate = intnx('month',input(chardate,yymmn6.),0,'e');
format numdate mmddyy10.;

[dexcort2020]

If it is already a date, then this does it:

2022 var mmddyy10.;
var = intnx('month',var,0,'e');

If it is a string, do this:

numdate = intnx('month',input(chardate,yymmn6.),0,'e');
2022 numdate mmddyy10.;

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

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@dexcort2020 wrote:

If it is already a date, then this does it:

2022 var mmddyy10.;
var = intnx('month',var,0,'e');

If it is a string, do this:

numdate = intnx('month',input(chardate,yymmn6.),0,'e');
2022 numdate mmddyy10.;

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2022 is not a valid SAS statement.

[Tom]

And if the original variable is numeric with values like 202,201 which humans might see as meaning January 2022 then you need add another layer to the function call sandwich.

So pick the proper second statement based on whether VAR is

1) date valued numeric

2) character

3) regular integer valued numeric.

format want mmddyy10.;
want = intnx('month',var,0,'e');
want = intnx('month',input(var,yymmn6.),0,'e');
want = intnx('month',input(put(var,z6.),yymmn6.),0,'e');

[sasphd]

hello, 

I have date format yymmn6. I want to change it to MMDDYY10.

 by adding the last day of the month 

have : 198605 

want 05/31/1986

thanks

[PaigeMiller]

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[Kurt_Bremser]

I merged this back into the original question.

@sasphd please do not double-post.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please reconsider which of the posts you mark as a solution. My correction of @dexcort2020 's post is not a solution for your initial question.