change character timestamp to numeric data

[GS2]

Hello,

I have a date variable that looks like the following:

2020-08-26 09:16:36 and it is a character

I ran the following code to try and convert the code to mmddyy10. format but it is not working.

data want;

set have;

ps_ts= substr(patient_survey_timestamp, 1, 10);
pat_suv_date = input(ps_ts, mmddyy10.);

run;

Obviously, I am applying the code incorrectly, does anyone know the correct way to run this code? Thank you

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

If you only want the date part of the value read with the correct informat.

one way

data example;
   x="2020-08-26 09:16:36";
   date = input(x,yymmdd10.);
   format date mmddyy10.;
run;

The value of the date portion of the string is in year month day order. Whey you use MMDDYY for the informat then you are reading month day year.