Informats for NLS

JNENGOw. Informat

Reads Japanese kanji date values in the form yymmdd.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	left

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
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Syntax

JNENGOw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	16
Range:	16-32

Details

The JNENGOw. informat reads Japanese kanji values in the form yymmdd.

You can separate the year, month, and day values by blanks or by special characters. Note that in the example, the date values in the data lines are separated by special characters.

When you use this informat, ensure that the width of the input field includes space for blanks and special characters.

Note: SAS interprets a two-digit year as belonging to the 100-year span that is defined by the YEARCUTOFF= system option. [cautionend]

Examples

The following examples show how to use the JNENGO informat to convert kanji values to SAS date values.

[example code for JNENGO informat]