Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:47 -0800
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
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From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Converting Numeric MMDDYY10. into 11. numeric
Comments: To: Sdlentertd <sdlentertd@gmail.com>
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I think you may only need a format like: YYMMDDN8.  e.g.,

data have;
  informat DateOld date9.;
  format DateOld mmddyy10.;
  input DateOld;
  cards;
3nov2009
;

data want;
  set have;
  DateNew =  put (DateOld, YYMMDDN8.);
run;

HTH,
Art
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On Jan 28, 6:10 pm, Sdlentertd <sdlente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have this problem:
> DateOld MMDDYY10. (numeric) format and looks like this 11/03/2009
> and I want to create a new date based on DateOld in this format
> DateNew 11.  (numeric)  which will look like this 20091103
>
> i am trying this but it doesn't work
> DateNew = input( put (DateOld, 8.),  YYMMDD8.);
> Thanks for help.