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FilipJ
Calcite | Level 5

Hello

How do I get the difference in numbers between two dates?

I have tried using "Difference fro previous period", but It does not work with days?

Please look at Excel spreadsheet column "C"

Thanks

 

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
If you just want straight no of days just use minus.
Data never sleeps
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

SAS stores dates as counts of days (from a given starting point, which is 1960-01-01). The difference in days between two dates can therefore be calculated with a simple subtraction.

FilipJ
Calcite | Level 5
Thanks,

I am very new to SAS va, could you show how?
FredrikE
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

I have not got it to work in 7.4 but in 8.2 it works by using relative period and set offset to -1 and using "Inherit".

It works with days, but if you have a gap between the days you will get a missing value.

//Fredrik

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