Date:         Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:11:58 -0400
Reply-To:     "Couch, Timothy" <Timothy.Couch@BANKOFAMERICA.COM>
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From:         "Couch, Timothy" <Timothy.Couch@BANKOFAMERICA.COM>
Subject:      Help with date problem
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I have a date field that has some blank records in it.  Right now it is a number with a format / informant of DATE9.  I am going to output this SAS dataset as a flat file.  When the file goes back it will go back as a YYMMDDN8 which I am doing with a put statement.  How can I set those records that are blank to be all zeros?  I need to send back as 00000000 if the record is blank.

thanks
-Tim
Bank of America