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YYMMw. Format



Writes date values in the form <yy>yyMmm, where M is a character separator to indicate that the month number follows the M and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

YYMMw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 7
Range: 5-32
Interaction: When 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.

Details

The YYMMw. format writes SAS date values in the form <yy>yyMmm, where

<yy>yy

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

M

is the character separator to indicate that the number of the month follows..

mm

is an integer that represents the month.


Examples

The following examples use the input value of 16734, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to October 25, 2005.

SAS Statement

Result
 
----+----1----+
put date yymm5.;
05M10
put date yymm6.;
 05M10
put date yymm.;
2005M10
put date yymm7.;
2005M10
put date yymm10.;
   2005M10


See Also

Format:

MMYYw. Format

YYMMxw. Format

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