Date Intervals, Formats, and Functions: Datetime and Time Formats

Date Intervals, Formats, and Functions

Table 4.4 lists some of the datetime and time formats available in the SAS system. For each format, an example is shown of a datetime value in the notation produced by the format. The datetime value '17OCT91:14:25:32'DT is used as the example.

Table 4.4 Frequently Used SAS Datetime and Time Formats
Format		Width	Default
Example	Description	Range	Width
DATETIMEw.d	ddMONyy:hh:mm:ss	7–40	16
17OCT91:14:25:32
DTWKDATXw.	day-of-week, dd month yyyy	3–37	29
Thursday, 17 October 1991
HHMMw.d	hour and minute: hh:mm	2–20	5
14:25
HOURw.d	hour	2–20	2
14
MMSSw.d	minutes and seconds: mm:ss	2–20	5
25:32
TIMEw.d	time of day: hh:mm:ss	2–20	8
14:25:32
TODw.d	time of day: hh:mm:ss	2–20	8
14:25:32

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