SAS importing dates from excel

Question

I have an xlsx dataset that I import using proc import. There is a column in excel that holds date values like: 2018-11-30 00:00:00 When I import it into SAS it automaticall

Answer 1

Sometimes SAS imports the date as a raw Excel date. I don't know exactly why or when it does this, but I think it has something to do with the format of the date. If this happens, subtract the date by 21916 to convert from an Excel date to a SAS date.

data want;
    set imported_from_excel;

    date = excel_date - 21916;
run;