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CRICKETMIND
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I am reading a dataset that is created and being update by a SAS program. Unfortunately the Date is stored as SAS Date format and it's not possible to change the source format as lot of other SAS programs are reading this data. As a Webfocus fan I am trying to create some reports in WF. Is there a way to convert the SAS date in Webfocus?

Example of the data I am getting...

SASDATE
17,695.00
17,696.00
17,695.00
17,696.00

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WEBFOCUS 8105m
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 8 | Registered: November 28, 2012Report This Post
Tom Flynn
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-SET &BASE_DATE = '19600101';
DEFINE FILE CAR
  BASE_DT/YYMD  WITH COUNTRY = '&BASE_DATE.EVAL';
  CUR_DATE/YYMD WITH COUNTRY = DATEADD(BASE_DT,'D',17695);
END
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
    DEALER_COST
    RETAIL_COST
FST.CUR_DATE
  BY COUNTRY
  BY CAR
END
-EXIT

Or, create a FUNCTION

SAS Support when GOOGLEd


Tom Flynn
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Waz
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So its just a number of days since value then.


Waz...

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Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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Tony A
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You could also use just a single function to calculate the SAS date, by using the fact that the SAS base date difference to the WF base date is 21550 days.

However, using either method, I would suggest that you trap the SQL created to ensure that the method that you use can be passed through the adapter - especially if you have large amounts of data!

COMPUTE SAS_DATE/YYMD = DATECVT(17695 + 21550, 'YYMD', 'YYMD');

Thanks to Tom for pointing the way of course!


T


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CRICKETMIND
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Thanks for your solutions. I was checking if there were a WF function available to convert SAS date.

Both solutions work great.


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