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DDMMYYxw. Format



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
Alignment: right

Syntax
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Syntax

DDMMYYxw.

Syntax Description

x

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

C

separates with a colon

D

separates with a dash

N

indicates no separator

P

separates with a period

S

separates with a slash.

w

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.

Details

The DDMMYYxw. format writes SAS date values in the form ddmm<yy>yy or ddxmmx<yy>yy, where

dd

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

x

is a specified separator.

mm

is an integer that represents the month.

<yy>yy

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


Examples

The following examples use the input value of 18031, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2009.

SAS Statement Results

----+----1----+
put date ddmmyyc5.;
14:05
put date ddmmyyd8.;
14-05-09
put date ddmmyyp10.;
14.05.2009
put date ddmmyyn8.;
14052009


See Also

Formats:

DATEw. Format

DDMMYYw. Format

MMDDYYxw. Format

YYMMDDxw. Format

Functions:

DAY Function

MDY Function

MONTH Function

YEAR Function

Informat:

DDMMYYw. Informat

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