Additional NLS Language Elements |
Reads international datetime values in the form ddmmmyy
hh:mm:ss.ss or ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss.ss.
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w
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specifies the width of the input field.
The date values must be in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy, followed
by a blank or special character, and then the time values as hh:mm:ss.ss. The syntax for the date is represented as
follows:
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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.
The syntax for time
is represented as follows:
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hh
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is the number of hours ranging from 00-23,
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mm
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is the number of minutes ranging from 00-59,
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ss.ss
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is the number of seconds ranging from 00-59
with the fraction of a second following the decimal point.
The EURDFDTw. informat
requires values for both the date and the time; however, the ss.ss portion is optional.
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 datetime values in German.
options dflang=german;
input date eurdfdt20.;
This INPUT statement uses the German language prefix to read the international
datetime values in German. The value of the DFLANG= option, therefore, is
ignored.
input date deudfdt20.;
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Results |
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----+----1----+----2
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23dez99:10:03:17.2
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1261562597.2
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23dez1999:10:03:17.2
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1261562597.2
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Formats:
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Functions:
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DATETIME in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary | |
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Informats:
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System
Options:
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