Date:         Wed, 25 Oct 2000 03:03:46 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Making SAS data set from Microsoft Exel

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:26:47 GMT, sher_a_khan@MY-DEJA.COM wrote:

>I am trying to import a excel file into sas data set but the date
>variable is giving the date with time in it. I want to get rid of the
>time from sas data set. How can I do that. Can some body help me on
>this. Thanks/Khan.
>
>
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use the datepart function:
date=datepart(datetime);