MONYYw. Format

Writes date values as the month and the year in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax

MONYYw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default:5
Range:5–7

Details

The MONYYw. format writes SAS date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy, where
mmm
is the first three letters of the month name.
yy or yyyy
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.

Comparisons

The MONYYw. format and the DTMONYYw. format are similar in that they both write date values. The difference is that MONYYw. expects a SAS date value as input, and DTMONYYw. expects a datetime value.

Example

The example table uses the input value of 19127, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2012.
SAS Statement
Result
 
----+----1
put date monyy5.; 
MAY12
put date monyy7.; 
MAY2012

See Also

Functions:
MONTH Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
YEAR Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
Informat: