Example 9.13 Calculating a Person's Age
Goal
Determine a person's age by using his or her date of birth.
Example Features
| Featured Step | DATA step |
| Featured Step Options and Statements | FLOOR and INTCK functions |
| A Closer Look | More about Calculating Ages and Anniversaries |
Input Data Set
Data set MARCH_HIRES has the names and dates of birth for 10 employees hired on March 1, 2009. Variable DOB is a SAS date value. It is displayed with the WORDDATE20. format.
MARCH_HIRES Obs name dob 1 JK Allen March 1, 1972 2 RT Brown February 28, 1980 3 WI Carter March 29, 1980 4 LG Johnson March 1, 1980 5 MH Johnson December 12, 1980 6 PO Phillips February 14, 1971 7 TR Smith November 9, 1967 8 AG Rodriguez July 2, 1955 9 EW Washington July 30, 1960 10 NA Young ...
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