Elena,

This should do the trick – just convert the numeric variable to a string and input through the yyddmm10. format. If you don't mind a warning message the compress() function is the easiest way to convert a number into a string:

data _null_;

nv=19680905;

datevar=input(compress(nv),yymmdd10.);

put _all_;

run;

HTH

David Ward

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of Zhonghe Li
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:26 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: how to convert numeric to date variables?

Hi everyone,

We have four numeric variables: brithdate 19680905 (it is of YYYYMMDD sequence but a numeric variable); and then we have Year, Month, and Day Variables of numeric type.  We need to convert it to a SAS date variable so that we can get the age.  Can you tell me how to do this?

Thank you.

Elena