Writes date values in the form yymmdd or
<yy>yy-mm-dd, where a dash is
the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits.
| Category: |
Date and Time
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| Alignment: |
right
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w
-
specifies the width of the output field.
| Default: |
8 |
| Range: |
2-10 |
| Interaction: |
When w has a value of from 2 to 5, the date appears with as much
of the year and the month as possible. When w
is 7, the date appears as a two-digit year without dashes. |
The YYMMDDw.
format writes SAS date values in the form yymmdd
or <yy>yy-mm-dd, where
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<yy>yy |
is a two-digit or four-digit integer
that represents the year. |
|
- |
is the separator. |
|
mm |
is an integer that represents the
month. |
|
dd |
is an integer that represents the
day of the month. |
To format a date that has a four-digit year and no separators, use the
YYMMDDx. format.
The following examples use the input value of 16529,
which is the SAS date value that corresponds to April 3, 2005.
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SAS Statement |
Results |
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put day yymmdd2.;
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05
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put day yymmdd3.;
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05
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put day yymmdd4.;
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0504
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put day yymmdd5.;
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05-04
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put day yymmdd6.;
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050403
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put day yymmdd7.;
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050403
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put day yymmdd8.;
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05-04-03
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put day yymmdd10.;
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2005-04-03
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