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Formats

DATEw. Format



Writes date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy, or dd-mmm-yyyy.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

DATEw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 7
Range: 5-11
Tip: Use a width of 9 to print a 4-digit year without a separator between the day, month, and year. Use a width of 11 to print a 4-digit year using a hyphen as a separator between the day, month, and year

Details

The DATEw. format writes SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy, or dd-mmm-yyyy, where

dd

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

mmm

is the first three letters of the month name.

yy or yyyy

is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.


Examples

The example table uses the input value of 17607, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 16, 2008.

SAS Statement Results

----+----1----+
put day date5.;
16MAR
put day date6.;
 16MAR
put day date7.;
16MAR08
put day date8.;
 16MAR08
put day date9.;
16MAR2008
put day date11.;
16-MAR-2008


See Also

Function:

DATE Function

Informat:

DATEw. Informat

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