Informats

YYMMNw. Informat

Reads date values in the form yyyymm or yymm.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

YYMMNw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	4
Range:	4-6

Details

The date values must be in the form yyyymm or yymm, where

yy or yyyy: is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.
mm: is a two-digit integer that represents the month.

The N in the informat name must be used and indicates that you cannot separate the year and month values by blanks or by special characters. SAS automatically adds a day value of 01 to the value to make a valid SAS date variable.

Note: SAS interprets a two-digit year as belonging to the 100-year span that is defined by the YEARCUTOFF= system option. [cautionend]

Examples

input date1 yymmn6.;

Data Line	Results
----+----1----+
200508	16649

See Also

Formats:

	DATEw. Format
	DDMMYYw. Format
	YYMMDDw. Format
	YYMMw. Format
	YYMONw. Format

Functions:

	DAY Function
	MONTH Function
	MDY Function
	YEAR Function

Informats:

	DATEw. Informat
	DDMMYYw. Informat
	MMDDYYw. Informat
	YYMMDDw. Informat

System Option:

YEARCUTOFF= System Option

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