Date:         Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:35:31 -0500
Reply-To:     shiling@math.wayne.edu
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Shiling Zhang <shiling@MATH.WAYNE.EDU>
Organization: Wayne State University
Subject:      Re: SAS Date Question?
Comments: To: Brian Vuong <brian-vuong@USA.NET>
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All Date and Time Functions will work fine if one stores it as SAS date, which
will give him a lot of additional advantages.

For example,

334  data _null_;
335    x=200007;y=0;
336    x_yr=year(x);y_yr=year(y);
337    put _all_;
338  run;

X=200007 Y=0 X_YR=2507 Y_YR=1960 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.11 seconds.


Brian Vuong wrote:

>    We currently use YYYYMM, 200007 for July 2000 as standard.  Should I
> convert that date standard to SAS date if I want to use it in SAS?
> Is there any benefit for using SAS Date over the above date standard?  Do I
> need to convert to SAS date if I need to do analysis or the above date would
> be OK?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian Vuong