Reads packed Julian date values in the hexadecimal form yyyydddF for
IBM.
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w
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specifies the width of the input field.
The PDJULGw.
informat reads IBM packed Julian date values in the form of yyyydddF, converting them to SAS date values, where
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yyyy
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is the two-byte representation of the four-digit
Gregorian year.
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ddd
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is the one-and-a-half byte representation
of the three-digit integer that corresponds to the Julian day of the year,
1-365 (or 1-366 for leap years).
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F
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is the half byte that contains all binary
1s, which assigns the value as positive.
Note: SAS interprets a two-digit year as belonging to the
100-year span that is defined by the YEARCUTOFF= system option. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
input date pdjulg4.;
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1999003F
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14247
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SAS date value 14247 represents January 3, 1999. |
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