problem with date format in SAS studio

[jepafob]

solved

[Shmuel · Accepted solution]

You have not supplied a sample data nor expected results.

You can remove first step and try next code:

proc sql;
  create table reportsummary as 
  select reportName, 
         count(key_num_acct) as reports_vol 
  from permdata.reportreferrals
  where reportDT = today() - 2. 
  group by reportName;
quit;

[PaigeMiller]

Macro variables SHOULD NOT be formatted.

data _null_;
    call symput('today',intnx('day',today(),-2));
run;

But @Shmuel has a simpler approach.

[Tom]

Why would you want to compare REPORTDT to a number that is less than 1 thousandths?  

625   data test;
626     x=31/07/2020 ;
627     put x=;
628   run;

x=0.0021923621

Isn't REPORTDT a DATE variable?  Wouldn't you want to compare it to another date value?   The date value for 31JUL2020 is 22127.

Either set the macro variable to the number of days. 

call symputX('today',today()-2);

Or set it to a string that the DATE informat can recognize and use it make a date literal in your later code.

call symputX('today',put(today()-2,date9.));
...
where reportDT = "&today"d

[Kurt_Bremser]

Maxim 28.