Informats for NLS

NLDATEw. Informat

Reads the date value in the specified locale, and then converts the date value to the local SAS date value.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax

NLDATEw.

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	20
Range:	10-200

The following examples use the input February 24, 2003.

Statements	Results
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options locale=English_UnitedStates; y=input('February 24, 2003,nldate17.); put y=nldate.;	y=February 24, 2003
options locale=German_Germany; y=input('24. Februar 2003',nldate16.); put y=nldate;	y=24. Februar 2003

Statements

Results

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options locale=English_UnitedStates;

y=input('February 24, 2003,nldate17.);

put y=nldate.;

y=February 24, 2003

options locale=German_Germany;

y=input('24. Februar 2003',nldate16.);

put y=nldate;

y=24. Februar 2003