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BURHAN_CIGDEM
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello all;

 I try to create a SAS data set from raw data file.  For example, the structure of raw data file is like that;

      11412/12/00LAX

Now, when i submit SAS Code as :

   data Sas-data-set-name;
     infile 'raw-data-filename';
     input Flight $ 1-3 Date $4-11 Dest $ 12-14;
   run;

it works fine. But when i dont use $ sign for Date variable, it becomes missing value. As i know SAS store date values as numeric.So why we have to use $ sign for date when we create SAS data set from raw data file.

Any help is appreciated !

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You need to assign an informat (fitting to the way dates are written in the infile) to your date variable. Then you can read the date as numeric.

Also assign a date display format, to make the date value human-readable.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You need to assign an informat (fitting to the way dates are written in the infile) to your date variable. Then you can read the date as numeric.

Also assign a date display format, to make the date value human-readable.

BURHAN_CIGDEM
Fluorite | Level 6
Thank you Mr.Bremser, i got it.

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