Formats for NLS

NLDATEWNw. Format

Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as the day of the week.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	left

Syntax

NLDATEWNw.

w

specifies the width of the output field. If necessary, SAS abbreviates the day of the week to fit the format width.

Default:	10
Range:	4-200

NLDATEWNw. is similar to DOWNAMEw. except that NLDATEWNw. is locale-specific.

These examples use the input value of 15760, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to February 24, 2003.

Statements	Results
	----+----1
options locale=English_UnitedStates; put date nldatewn.;	Sunday
options locale=German_Germany; put date nldatewn.;	Sonntag

Statements

Results

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options locale=English_UnitedStates;

put date nldatewn.;

Sunday

options locale=German_Germany;

put date nldatewn.;

Sonntag