Additional NLS Language Elements |
Reads international date values.
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w
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specifies the width of the input field.
Default: |
7 (except Finnish) |
Range: |
7-32 (except Finnish) |
Note: If you use the Finnish
(FIN) language prefix, the w range is 10-32
and the default w is 10. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
The date values must be in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy:
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dd
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is an integer from 01-31 that represents
the day of the month.
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mmm
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is the first three letters of the month
name.
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yy or yyyy
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is a two-digit or four-digit integer that
represents the year.
You can place blanks and other special characters between day, month,
and year values.
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)
You can set the language for the SAS session with the
DFLANG= system option. (Because the SAS Installation Representative usually
sets a default language for the site, you might be able to skip this step.)
If you work with dates in multiple languages, you can replace the EUR prefix
with a language prefix. See DFLANG= System Option: OpenVMS, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS
for the list of language prefixes
. When you specify the language prefix in the informat, SAS ignores the DFLANG=
system option.
This INPUT statement uses the value of the DFLANG= system
option to read the international date values in Spanish.
options dflang=spanish;
input day eurdfde10.;
This INPUT statement uses the Spanish language prefix in the informat
to read the international date values in Spanish. The value of the DFLANG=
option, therefore, is ignored.
input day espdfde10.;
Values |
Results |
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01abr1999
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14335
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01-abr-99
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14335
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Options:
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