Date:         Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:15:56 GMT
Reply-To:     bogdan romocea <br44092@GAWAB.COM>
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From:         bogdan romocea <br44092@GAWAB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Date format question
Comments: To: "Dasappan, Michael" <Michael_Dasappan@MEDCOHEALTH.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <84527B24A0CF6F4FB2C8278E25A7845C0403696F@usfrmx10.medco.com>
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What you probably want to do is transform both dates in SAS
format (if applicable).

What do you actually have in your data set - dates in SAS
format, or text in date9 format? 01FEB1900 may be in fact a SAS
date, displayed this way because the format is saved in your
data set. In the same way, is 1900-02-01 a SAS date or text? If
you have text use an informat to input those dates in SAS
format, and then you can easily do your comparisons.

Check this for details:
http://support.sas.com/91doc/getDoc/basess.hlp/a001304321.htm


Dasappan, Michael writes:

> I have a dataset with dates in this format DATE9 (01FEB1900) I need to
> convert this to a char(10) format eventually making this into  data that
> looks like '1900-02-01' to compare this to other information. Any
> suggestions will be appreciated.
>
>
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