JULIANw. Format

Writes date values as Julian dates in the form yyddd or yyyyddd.

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: Left

Syntax

JULIANw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 5
Range 5–7
Tip If w is 5, the JULIANw. format writes the date with a two-digit year. If w is 7, the JULIANw. format writes the date with a four-digit year.

Details

The JULIANw. format writes SAS date values in the form yyddd or yyyyddd:
yy or yyyy
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.
ddd
is the number of the day, 1–365 (or 1–366 for leap years), in that year.

Example

The example table uses the input value of 19114, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 1, 2012 (the 122nd day of the year).
SAS Statement
Result
 
----+----1
put date julian5.;
12122
put date julian7.; 
2012122

See Also

Functions:
DATEJUL Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
JULDATE Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
Informats: