Writes date values in the form mm<yy>yy or
mm-<yy>yy, where the x in the format name is a character that represents the special character
that separates the month and the year, which can be a hyphen (-), period (.),
blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator; the year can be either
2 or 4 digits.
| Category: |
Date and Time
|
| Alignment: |
right
|
-
x
-
identifies a separator or specifies that
no separator appear between the month and the year. Valid values for x are
-
C
-
separates with a colon
-
D
-
separates with a dash
-
N
-
indicates no separator
-
P
-
separates with a period
-
S
-
separates with a forward slash.
-
w
-
specifies the width of the output field.
| Default: |
7 |
| Range: |
5-32 |
| Interaction: |
When x
is set to N, no separator is specified. The width range is then 4-32,
and the default changes to 6. |
| Interaction: |
When x
has a value of C, D, P, or S and w has a value
of 5 or 6, the date appears with only the last two digits of the year. When w is 7 or more, the date appears with a four-digit year. |
| Interaction: |
When x has a value of N and w has a value of 4 or 5,
the date appears with only the last
two digits of the year. When x has a value of N and w is 6 or more, the date
appears with a four-digit year. |
The MMYYxw.
format writes SAS date values in the form mm<yy>yy or
mmx<yy>yy,
where
-
mm
-
is an integer that represents the month.
-
x
-
is a specified separator.
-
<yy>yy
-
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that
represents the year.
The following examples use the input value of 18031,
which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2009.
SAS Statement
|
Results |
|
----+----1----+
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put date mmyyc5.;
|
05:09
|
put date mmyyd.;
|
05-2009
|
put date mmyyn4.;
|
0509
|
put date mmyyp8.;
|
05.2009
|
put date mmyys10.;
|
05/2009
|
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