Hi, i need help in changing below dates formats
DATA HAVE DATA WANT
190125 25JAN2019
180809 09AUG2018
170111 11JAN2017
Hi @Solly7
You don't provide many informations. Are your input dates a number or a character string? - and do you want your output as a SAS date value (number of days since jan 1, 1960) with a format to show the date in reports as ddmonyyyy, or do you want a text string with the date in ddmonyyyy-format? -
This covers all combinations. The dates are converted to SAS data values, and the values with format and converted to string:
* test input: dates as numbers and strings;
data have;
input date cdate$;
cards;
190125 190125
180809 180809
170111 180809
;
run;
data want; set have;
sas_date = input(put(date,6.),yymmdd6.); * SAS-date from num input;
sas_cdate = input(cdate,yymmdd6.); * SAS-date from char input;
format fmt_sas_date date9.; * format to display SAS dates as ddmonyyyy;
fmt_sas_date = sas_date; * SAS date value with format to show as ddmonyyyy;
str_date = put(sas_date,date9.); * formatted ddmonyyyy-string from SAS date value;
run;
Hi @Solly7
You don't provide many informations. Are your input dates a number or a character string? - and do you want your output as a SAS date value (number of days since jan 1, 1960) with a format to show the date in reports as ddmonyyyy, or do you want a text string with the date in ddmonyyyy-format? -
This covers all combinations. The dates are converted to SAS data values, and the values with format and converted to string:
* test input: dates as numbers and strings;
data have;
input date cdate$;
cards;
190125 190125
180809 180809
170111 180809
;
run;
data want; set have;
sas_date = input(put(date,6.),yymmdd6.); * SAS-date from num input;
sas_cdate = input(cdate,yymmdd6.); * SAS-date from char input;
format fmt_sas_date date9.; * format to display SAS dates as ddmonyyyy;
fmt_sas_date = sas_date; * SAS date value with format to show as ddmonyyyy;
str_date = put(sas_date,date9.); * formatted ddmonyyyy-string from SAS date value;
run;
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