finding second minimum date

[lillymaginta]

I have the following data 

id  dx_dt   rx_dt 
1  1/1/2005  
2  3/4/2005  
2  4/4/2006 
2  5/5/2007       

I want to find the second minimum date so the output I am looking for id 2 is

4/4/2006 

[RW9 · Accepted solution]

And is dx_dt an actual SAS numeric date?  And what is rx_dt?  This is where posting test data in the form of a datastep helps avoid these basic questions which make us guess.  So my guess is based on dx_dt being SAS numeric date.

proc sort data=have out=want;
  by id descending dx_dt;
run;
data want;
  set want;
  retain cnt;
  by id;
  cnt=ifn(first.id,1,cnt+1);
  if cnt=2 then output;
run;
  

[lillymaginta]

Thank you both! 

[Ksharp]

data have;
input id  dx_dt : mmddyy10.;
format dx_dt mmddyy10.;
cards;
1  1/1/2005  
2  3/4/2005  
2  4/4/2006 
2  5/5/2007 
;
run;
proc sql;
create table want as
 select *
  from (
select * from have group by id having dx_dt ne max(dx_dt)
)
group by id
having dx_dt = max(dx_dt);
quit;

[novinosrin]

data have;
input id  dx_dt :mmddyy10.  ; 
format dx_dt mmddyy10. ;
cards;
1  1/1/2005  
2  3/4/2005  
2  4/4/2006 
2  5/5/2007 
;

proc rank data=have out=want(where=(dx_dt_rank=2)) ties=low ;
    by id;
  var dx_dt;
   ranks dx_dt_rank;
run;