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Informats

B8601DNw. Informat



Reads date values that are specified the ISO 8601 basic notation yyyymmdd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
Category: Date and Time
ISO 8601
Alignment: left
Alias: ND8601DN
Time Zone Informat: No
ISO 8601 Element: 5.2.1.1 Complete representation

Syntax
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Syntax

B8601DNw.


Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default: 10
Requirement: The width of the input field must be 10.

Details

The B8602DN informat reads date values that are specified in the ISO 8601 basic date notation yyyymmdd and returns the date in a SAS datetime value:

yyyy

is a four-digit year, such as 2008.

mm

is a two-digit month (zero padded) between 01 and 12.

dd

is a two-digit day of the month (zero padded) between 01 and 31.


Examples

input @1 bdn b8601dn.;

Data Line Results
----+----1

20080915
1537056000


See Also

Reading Dates and Times Using the ISO 860 Basic and Extended Notations

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