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The CALENDAR Procedure

HOLISTART Statement

Specifies a variable in the holidays data set that contains the starting date of each holiday.

Alias:	HOLISTA, HOLIDAY
Calendar type:	Summary and schedule
Requirement:	When you use a holidays data set, HOLISTART is required.
Featured in:	Schedule Calendar with Holidays: 5-Day Default through Schedule Calendar, Blank or with Holidays

HOLISTART variable;

Required Arguments

variable

contains the starting date of each holiday.

Restriction:	Values of variable must be in either SAS date or datetime values.
Restriction:	If the HOLISTART variable contains datetime values, then specify the DATETIME option in the PROC CALENDAR statement.

The holidays data set need not be sorted.
All holidays last only one day, unless you use a HOLIFIN or HOLIDUR statement.
If two or more holidays occur on the same day, then PROC CALENDAR uses only the first observation.

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