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r3570
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi Team,

 

I have a date column which is in character format as below:

 

Start Date
2020-02-02T16:29:00
2020-11-03
-----T12:47:00

 

I would like to convert into numeric format as well as the complete date as below:

Start Date
2020-02-02T16:29:00
2020-11-03T00:00:00
2020-01-01T12:47:00

 

Can anyone help ?

 

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yabwon
Amethyst | Level 16

Something like this:

data want;
input Start_Date $ 20.;

t1 = scan(Start_Date,1,"T");
t2 = scan(Start_Date,2,"T");

Start_Date = catx("T",
ifc(t1 = "-----","2020-01-01",t1),
coalescec(t2,"00:00:00")
)
;
drop t:;
cards;
2020-02-02T16:29:00
2020-11-03
-----T12:47:00
;
run;
proc print;
run;

?

 

Bart

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