Hi I have a column called SystemDate with a date format yymmdd8 and the date is being displayed 06-08-10 I would like to rename the column to Todaysdate and have the date format DDMMYY10 10/08/2006. How would I go about changing the format of the date?
data want;
set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate));
format todaysdate ddmmyy10.;
run;
If your dataset is large and you do not need to preserve its original status, consider using proc datasets.
data want; set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate)); format todaysdate ddmmyy10.; run;
Hi,
DATA have;
systemDate="10AUG2006"d;
format systemdate yymmdd8.;
RUN;
DATA want;
SET have(rename=(SystemDate=Todaysdate));
format Todaysdate DDMMYY10.;
RUN;
- Cheers -
data want;
set have (rename=(systemdate=todaysdate));
format todaysdate ddmmyy10.;
run;
If your dataset is large and you do not need to preserve its original status, consider using proc datasets.
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