I don't know, buy you can find the answer easily enough.   Create data sets where the variable of interest is numeric and a similar data set where the variable of interest is character.   Then compare by converting to character to numeric. Then compare by converting numeric to character. Which one runs faster? ... View more

You can do it one statement if you want. Use JANUARY of the same year to make a date that can use any valid dueday. Then use INTNX to offset by the number of months from JANUARY to your target month using the SAME option. date=intnx('month',mdy(1,dueday,year),intck('month',mdy(1,1,year),mdy(month,1,year)),'same'); ... View more

Glad you got a good answer! Another suggestion...in the future, give your post a meaningful title, something like what RW9 edited it to. It makes it easer to decide whether to take a look at it or not. Tom ... View more