This tutorial explains the various date functions in SAS. It also includes ways to handle date values with SAS.
Syntax of Date Functions in SAS
date()
: Returns today's date as a SAS date value.today()
: Returns today's date as a SAS date value.day(date)
: Returns the day of month from the variable 'date'.month(date)
: Extracts the month component from the variable 'date'.year(date)
: Extracts the year component from the variable 'date'.qtr(date)
: Extracts the quarter component from the variable 'date'.weekday(date)
: Returns the day of week from the variable 'date'.intnx('year', date, 60)
: Calculates the date of retirement by adding 60 years to the date.intck('day', date, date())
: Calculates the number of days between date and the current date.datdif(date, date(), 'ACT/ACT')
: Calculates the difference between date and the current date using the ACT/ACT method.datepart(datetime)
: Returns the date from datetime.timepart(datetime)
: Returns the time from datetime.
data _null_; a = date(); b = today(); c = "&sysdate"d; put 'Without Format: ' a = b = c =; run;See Log
Without Format: a=20480 b=20480 c=19749
data _null_; a = date(); b = today(); c = "&sysdate"d; format a b c ddmmyy10.; put 'With Format: ' a = b = c = ; run;See Log
With Format: a=27/01/2016 b=27/01/2016 c=26/01/2014
data dates; date1 = put(date(),mmddyy8.); date2 = put(date(),WORDDATE.); run;
SAS Date Formats |
SAS Date Functions |
data _null_; birthdt = '22oct91'd; date1 = day(birthdt); date2 = month(birthdt); date3 = year(birthdt); date4 = qtr(birthdt); date5 = weekday(birthdt); put date1 date2 date3 date4 date5; run;
Task - Number of intervals (Years /Months / Days) from birth date to today's date.
data _null_; birthdt = '22oct91'd; date5 = datdif(birthdt, date(), 'ACT/ACT'); date55 = intck('day',birthdt, date()); date6 = intck('year',birthdt, date()); date7 = intck('qtr',birthdt, date()); date8 = intck('week',birthdt, date()); put date5 date55 date6 date7 date8; run;
Note : 'ACT' refers to the actual number of days between dates. Each month is considered to have the actual number of calendar days in that month, and each year is considered to have the actual number of calendar days in that year.
Task -When customer will retire (60 years old)
The INTNX function advances a date value by a given interval and returns a date value.
data _null_; birthdt = '22oct91'd; retirement = intnx('year',birthdt, 60); put retirement date9.; run;
date10 = intnx('month',date(), 5, 'sameday'); date11 = intnx('month',date(), 5, 'end');
1. January 1, 1960 is the zero point for SAS. Any day before 1/1/1960 is a negative number, and any day after that is a positive number.
Old dates can be subject to producing incorrect dates in SAS. You may not get a missing value, butmake sure that you check your century. The YEARCUTOFF option gives you the capability to define a 100-year range for two-digit year values. The default value for the YEARCUTOFF option is 1920, giving you a range of 1920- 2019.
toptions yearcutoff = 1890; data _null_; birthdt = '22oct91'd; currdt = '22oct51'd; diff = intck('year',birthdt, currdt); put diff; run;
In the code above, yearcutoff = 1890 takes century from 1890 to 1989.
2. Subsetting Date Formatted Datadata temp2; set temp; where date >= '1jan1991'd; run;
DATEPART returns the date from a datetime value. Whereas, TIMEPART returns the time from a datetime value.
data _null_; x='21oct16:8:45'dt; xx=datepart(x); xxx=timepart(x); put xx worddate.; put xxx time.; run;
You made it sooooooooo..... easy..thank u
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ReplyDeleteMany, many thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteis there anyother format option instead of timedate ? bcz this format is not working on portable software.
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a nice explanation!
ReplyDeletereally good explanation.
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ReplyDeleteHow can I convert the value x=01012017 [Numeric value] into sas date value,like (01Jan2017)
ReplyDeleteUse mdy() function
DeleteUsing date9. Format
Deletedata mydatte;
ReplyDeletex=today();
format x date9.;
run;
14may18 this is the answer
DeleteSir, what is difference between date() and today() function.?
ReplyDeleteboth are same.
DeleteToday() is another name for the date()
Please check your sysdate format...it seems wrong and below is the correct values from log.
ReplyDeletedata _null_;
25 a = date();
26 b = today();
27 c = "&sysdate"d;
28 format a b c ddmmyy10.;
29 put 'With Format: ' a = b = c = ;
30 run;
With Format: a=18/12/2020 b=18/12/2020 c=18/12/2020