Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00:27 -0700
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From:         bufino <qotsa79@HOTMAIL.CO.UK>
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Subject:      text variable to numeric
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Hi.
I've just created a text variable which looks like a date variable by
disaggregating the following and reassembling it:

date    year    month   day
29/04/2009      2009    4       29

the trouble is the 'date' is not in a date format but a text format.

i've tried these two options

format date2 ddmmyyyy8.;
length date2 ddmmyyyy8.;

but none of them works.

Any suggestions?

Thanks