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ysyeda
Calcite | Level 5

options yearcutoff=1920;

data test;

datea='01jan19'd;

dateb='01jan20'd;

year=dateb-datea;

run;

a. 0

b. -1

c.1

d.99

Which one is the correct answer

 

 

 

Yasmin Syeda
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Reeza
Super User

None of the above, though I suppose it depends on the question which you have not provided. It helps...

 

Easiest way to answer this question is to run the code.

 

options yearcutoff=1920;
data test;
datea='01jan19'd;
dateb='01jan20'd;
year=dateb-datea;
format datea dateb date9.;
run;

proc print data=test;
run;

And the output:

 

                             Obs        datea        dateb     year

                             1     01JAN2019    01JAN1920    -36160
   

 

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Hint : datea and dateb are SAS dates, not years. SAS internal representation of dates is the number of days since 01JAN1960.

PG

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