Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:00:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
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From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: adjusting dates
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I'd prefer the following, if YEARDATE is char:

  d = mdy(1,1,input(yeardate,10.))

reason: d SHOULD be numeric to represent a date-value, not char.
Gerhard




On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:47:52 -0400, Phil Busby <fransioli@HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>From: E Joas <erikjoas@GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: adjusting dates
>
>Hello,
>I have a problem with dates in SAS.
>
>I have a variable that gives the date of an event in years (yyyy) now
>I want that to be transformed into a full date (yyyymmdd), all the
>observations would be given the date XXXX0101.
>
>How do I do that?
>
>thanks for the help
>Erik Joas
>
>Erik:
>
>If yeardate is numeric,
>
>FULLDATE = MDY(1,1,YEARDATE);
>
>
>
>If yeardate is character,
>
>
>
>FULLDATE = YEARDATE || '0101';
>
>Phil
>
>
>
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