Writes date values in the form ddmm<yy>yy or
dd-mm-yy<yy>, where the x in the
format name is a character that represents the special character that separates
the day, month, and year, which 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 day, the month, and the year. Valid values
for x are:
-
B
-
separates with a blank
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C
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separates with a colon
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D
-
separates with a dash
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N
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indicates no separator
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P
-
separates with a period
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S
-
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 day and the month as possible. 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 changes to 2-8. |
The DDMMYYxw.
format writes SAS date values in the form ddmm<yy>yy or
ddxmmx<yy>yy, where
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dd
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is an integer that represents the day of
the month.
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x
-
is a specified separator.
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mm
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is an integer that represents the
month.
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<yy>yy
-
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that
represents the year.
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 date ddmmyyc5.;
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14:05
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put date ddmmyyd8.;
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14-05-09
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put date ddmmyyp10.;
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14.05.2009
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put date ddmmyyn8.;
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14052009
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