Date:         Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:32:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Tomashek <dennist2@UWM.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Dennis Tomashek <dennist2@UWM.EDU>
Subject:      merging databases with dates

I have to sas databases that I need to merge. It is a many-to-many merge,
and thus need to use dates as two of the matching variables. The problem is
that one database has a $8 format (yyyymmdd), and the other has a $7 format
(yyyydaycount). SO Feb 5, 2008 would look like '20080205' in the first
database, and 2008036 in the second. Can I reformat one of the databases, or
convert both using an extraction and mdy process? Any clues would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you