There is a field containing a date. It needs to be
displayed in the format
"ddmonyy" if it's before 1975,
"dd mon ccyy" if it's after 1985, and
as 'Disco Years' if it's between 1975 and 1985.
How would you accomplish this in data step code? Using
only PROC FORMAT
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Answer Posted / sudheendra reddy & veerend
DATA D1;
INPUT SLNO DATE DATE7.;
DATALINES;
1 12DEC73
2 22NOV71
3 01JAN76
4 12FEB77
5 13MAR83
6 24APR90
7 17MAY99
;
RUN;
proc format ;
value dat low-'31DEC1974'd=[date7.]
'01JAN1975'd-'31DEC1984'd="Disco Years"
'01JAN1985'd-high=[date9.];
RUN;
proc print data=D1 noobs label;
format DATE dat.;
RUN;
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