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The Essentials of SAS Dates and Times

Category: Data Management, Software and Web Development

Overview The first thing that one needs to know is that SAS software stores dates and times as numbers. However, this is not the only thing that one needs to know, and this paper will give one a solid base for working with dates and times in SAS. It will also introduce one to functions and features that will enable one to manipulate the dates and times with surprising flexibility. This paper will also show one some of the possible pitfalls with dates (and times and datetimes) in the SAS code, and how to avoid them. The paper will show how the SAS System handles dates and times through examples, including how to use them in TITLE and/or FOOTNOTE statements, and close with a brief discussion of Excel conversions.

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Publisher: SAS Institute
File Format: PDF
Date Published: May 29, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Knowledge and Data Management, Programming Languages, Software Engineering

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