There are a number of ways to do this, some more elegant that others. The quick and dirty way would be to divide the variable containing your numeric date string by 100 and use the INT function to obtain the integer portion of the result. Try Year = INT(yyyymm/100); In this example, "yyyymm" is the name of the numeric variable. That should work for you. Others on the list will probably

Well if they arent SAS Data values then you should make them so and fast. SAS Date Value: Year = Year( Date ) ; and if you want to use a proc and have the values grouped by year then simply add : Format Date Year4. ; To your procedure code. If they are true numeric then you will need : Year = Input( Put( Date , 8. -L ) 8. ) ; Toby Dunn On the other hand, you have