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Informats

E8601DNw. Informat



Reads date values that are specified in the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd and returns SAS datetime values where the time portion of the value is 000000.
Category: Date and Time
ISO 8601
Alignment: left
Alias: IS8601DN
Time Zone Informat: No
ISO 8601 Element: 5.2.1.1 Complete representation

Syntax
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Examples
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Syntax

E8601DNw.


Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

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

Details

The E8601DN informat reads date values that are specified in the ISO 8601 extended date notation is yyyy-mm-dd 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 edn is8601dn.;

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

2008-09-15
1537056000


See Also

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

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