converting sasdate macro variable to date9.?

[Lochen]

Hi,

I have a macro variable _mydate in the sasdate format, is there anyway to convert it to data9. foramt?

For example,

%let _mydate = 20399;

I want it to be 

&_mydate =07NOV2015

Thanks!

[SASKiwi]

%let _mydate = %sysfunc(putn(20399, date9.));

%put &_mydate;

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

How are you creating the date, is there an option to create it formatted in the first place?

%let date = %sysfunc(today(), date9.);
%put &date.;

[Lochen]

It's the most recent date from a datset.