my table date as date in format 10JUN2018:10:08:40.216 expecting 06-10-2018.
Thank you
data w;
date='10JUN2018:10:08:40.216';
new_date=datepart(input(date, datetime20.));
format new_date mmddyyd10.;
run;
Applying this for '-'
mmddyyd10
data w;
date='10JUN2018:10:08:40.216';
new_date=datepart(input(date, datetime20.));
format new_date mmddyy10.;
run;
data w;
date='10JUN2018:10:08:40.216';
new_date=datepart(input(date, datetime20.));
format new_date mmddyyd10.;
run;
Applying this for '-'
mmddyyd10
Or if the existing variable is consistent you can read with the DATE9. informat:
data example; date='10JUN2018:10:08:40.216'; newdate= input(date,date9.); format newdate mmddyyd10.; run;
The informat will only read the first 9 characters.
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