Writes date values in the form yymmdd or <yy>yy-mm-dd, where
the x in the format name
is a character that represents the special character which separates the year,
month, and day. The special character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank
character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator; the year can be either 2
or 4 digits.
Category: |
Date and Time
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Alignment: |
right
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x
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identifies a separator or specifies that
no separator appear between the year, the month, and the day. Valid values
for x are:
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B
-
separates with a blank
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C
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separates with a colon
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D
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separates with a dash
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N
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indicates no separator
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P
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separates with a period
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S
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separates with a slash.
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w
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specifies the width of the output field.
Default: |
8 |
Range: |
2-10 |
Interaction: |
When w has a value of from 2 to 5, the date appears with as much
of the year and the month. When w is 7, the date
appears as a two-digit year without separators. |
Interaction: |
When x has a value of N, the width range is
2-8. |
The YYMMDDxw.
format writes SAS date values in the form yymmdd
or <yy>yyxmmxdd, where
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<yy>yy
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is a two-digit or four-digit integer that
represents the year.
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x
-
is a specified separator.
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mm
-
is an integer that represents the month.
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dd
-
is an integer that represents the day of
the month.
The following examples use the input value of 18031,
which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2009.
SAS Statement |
Results |
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put day yymmddc5.;
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09:05
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put day yymmddd8.;
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09-05-14
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put day yymmddp10.;
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2009.05.14
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put day yymmddn8.;
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20090514
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