how to format date

[Ravikumarkummari]

Hi all,

if the dates are in the format mmddyy10. but i want the output like mon-year format.

ex:

jan-2000

feb-2000

mar-1989 in this format.

how this is done in sas.

Thanks in advance all

[data_null__]

MONYY7 format is pretty close but if you want lowercase and the dash you will probably need to use a picture format.  Not sure about the lowercase you can RTM since you're the one that wants it.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Assuming you already have your date in SAS date format (number containing days from 01jan1960):

length datestr $8;

datestr = lowcase(put(yourdate,monyy7.));

datestr = substr(datestr,1,3) !! '-' !! substr(datestr,4);

put datestr=;