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updating a dataset

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evaaseow

evaaseow

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Jan 25, 2007
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I have a table where the date column has some data that is not formatted correctly. How can I update this column?

I tried:

proc sql;
update customer
set datefield = datefield format=mmddyy10.;
quit;
 
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evaaseow, what is the current format of the variable?
 
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