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