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mariange8282
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi, I have a column DATE, type Numeric and Format MMDDYY10. 

 

I need to show that dates in numbers since 1/1/1960 (original SAS format). 

 

Thanks

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mariange8282
Obsidian | Level 7

Here is the solution:

 

proc sql;

ALTER TABLE WORK.TABLE1

  MODIFY varialbe_data FORMAT=null.;

quit;

run;

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mariange8282
Obsidian | Level 7

Here is the solution:

 

proc sql;

ALTER TABLE WORK.TABLE1

  MODIFY varialbe_data FORMAT=null.;

quit;

run;

Reeza
Super User

Null. Isn't a default SAS format. 

 

Changing the format is correct, but if it's a SAS dataset I'd recommend 8. instead. 

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