STRINGDATES= LIBNAME Option
Specifies whether to read date and time values from
the database as character strings or as numeric date values.
| Valid in: |
SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement |
| Default: |
NO |
| Data source: |
Aster nCluster,
DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, Greenplum, HP Neoview, Microsoft SQL
Server, Netezza, ODBC, OLE DB, Sybase IQ
|
Syntax
Syntax Description
- YES
-
specifies that SAS
reads date and time values as character strings.
- NO
-
specifies that SAS
reads date and time values as numeric date values.
Details
Use STRINGDATES=NO for
SAS 6 compatibility.