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YYQxw. Format



Writes date values in the form <yy>yyq or <yy>yy-q, where the x in the format name is a character that represents the special character that separates the year and the quarter or the 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

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Syntax

YYQxw.

Syntax Description

x

identifies a separator or specifies that no separator appear between the year and the quarter. Valid values for x are:

C

separates with a colon

D

separates with a dash

N

indicates no separator

P

separates with a period

S

separates with a forward slash.

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 6
Range: 4-32
Interaction: When x is set to N, no separator is specified. The width range is then 3-32, and the default changes to 5.
Interaction: When w has a value of 4 or 5, the date appears with only the last two digits of the year. When w is 6 or more, the date appears with a four-digit year.
Interaction: When x has a value of N and w has a value of 3 or 4, the date appears with only the last two digits of the year. When x has a value of N and w is 5 or more, the date appears with a four-digit year.

Details

The YYQxw. format writes SAS date values in the form <yy>yyq or <yy>yyxq, where

<yy>yy

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

x

is a specified separator.

q

is an integer (1,2,3, or 4) that represents the quarter of the year.


Examples

The following examples use the input value of 18031, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to July 14, 2005.

SAS Statement Results
 
----+----1----+
put date yyqc4.;
09:2
put date yyqd.;
2009-2
put date yyqn3.;
092
put date yyqp6.;
2009.2
put date yyqs8.;
  2009/2


See Also

Formats:

YYQw. Format

YYQRxw. Format

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