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DATETIMEw.d Format



Writes datetime values in the form ddmmmyy:hh:mm:ss.ss.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

DATETIMEw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 16
Range: 7-40
Tip: SAS requires a minimum w value of 16 to write a SAS datetime value with the date, hour, and seconds. Add an additional two places to w and a value to d to return values with optional decimal fractions of seconds.
d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the seconds value. This argument is optional.

Requirement: must be less than w
Range: 0-39

Note:   If w-d< 17, SAS truncates the decimal values.  [cautionend]


Details

The DATETIMEw.d format writes SAS datetime values in the form ddmmmyy:hh:mm:ss.ss, where

dd

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

mmm

is the first three letters of the month name.

yy

is a two-digit integer that represents the year.

hh

is an integer that represents the hour in 24-hour clock time.

mm

is an integer that represents the minutes.

ss.ss

is the number of seconds to two decimal places.


Examples

The example table uses the input value of 1447213759, which is the SAS datetime value that corresponds to 3:49:19 a.m. on November 10, 2005.

SAS Statement Results

----+----1----+----2
put event datetime.;
10NOV05:03:49:19
put event datetime7.;
10NOV05
put event datetime12.;
  10NOV05:03
put event datetime18.;
  10NOV05:03:49:19
put event datetime18.1;
10NOV05:03:49:19.0
put event datetime19.;
 10NOV2005:03:49:19
put event datetime20.1;
10NOV2005:03:49:19.0
put event datetime21.2;
10NOV2005:03:49:19.00


See Also

Formats:

DATEw. Format

TIMEw.d Format

Function:

DATETIME Function

Informats:

DATEw. Informat

DATETIMEw. Informat

TIMEw. Informat

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