Date:         Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:28:36 -0500
Reply-To:     chenxi@EASYWAY.NET
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From:         chenxi@EASYWAY.NET
Subject:      Re: string -> date -> string
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Tim:
 
Is this what you want?
 
data a;
a='970117';
b=input(a,yymmdd.);
b=b+1;
a=put(b,yymmdd6.);
run;
 
Chen Xi, Ph.D
PharmClint Co.
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>Hi SAS users,
>
>      I have a string variable yymmdd (e.g 970117). I would like
>      to convert it into date variable so that I can do some opertaions
>      to add one day or one week to it, that is, yymmdd + 1 (970118) and
>      then convert it back as a string variable.
>
>      Any idea?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Tim Pi
>
>