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BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data dates_format;
input id dates anydtdte32.;
format dates date9. month_year mmyyyy.;
month_year=substr(dates,3);
datalines;
1 10/1/2022
2 23march2023
3 11-feb-2022
;
run;

Hi guys ,

how to get month and year from different date formats 

requiered output:

jan2022

march2023

feb2022

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You have assigned a format that you don't want to use for variable DATES. You don't want it as format DATE9. you want it as format MONYY7.

 

data dates_format;
input id dates anydtdte32.;
format dates monyy7.;
datalines;
1 10/1/2022
2 23march2023
3 11-feb-2022
;
run;

 

--
Paige Miller

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Use the MONYY7. Format

 

data dates_format;
input id dates anydtdte32.;
format dates monyy7.;
datalines;
1 10/1/2022
2 23march2023
3 11-feb-2022
;
run;
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Thank you peter

 

for you solution

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You have assigned a format that you don't want to use for variable DATES. You don't want it as format DATE9. you want it as format MONYY7.

 

data dates_format;
input id dates anydtdte32.;
format dates monyy7.;
datalines;
1 10/1/2022
2 23march2023
3 11-feb-2022
;
run;

 

--
Paige Miller
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Thank you Miller

if we want extract date and month the which format 

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@BrahmanandaRao wrote:

 

if we want extract date and month the which format 


what would it look like?

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Paige Miller
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data dates_format;
input id dates anydtdte32.; 
format dates date9. dates DATE5.;
datalines;
1 10/1/2022
2 23march2023
3 11-feb-2022
;
run;

 date and month 

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@BrahmanandaRao wrote:

 date and month 


I asked "What would it look like?", you haven't shown us what the desired output would look like. Show us.

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Paige Miller

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