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• There are four new Unicode formats:
  • The $UTF8Xw. format writes character data in 8-bit UCS2 (Unicode).

  • The $UCS2Bw. format writes a SAS value in big endian 16-bit UCS2 Unicode without a byte-order mark.

  • The $UCS2Lw. format writes a SAS value in little endian 16-bit UCS2 Unicode without a byte-order mark.

  • The $UCS2Xw. format writes 16-bit UCS2 Unicode without a byte-order mark.

• The following Date and Time formats are new:
  • The DTMONYYw. format writes the date part of a datetime value as the month and year in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.

  • The DTWKDATXw. format writes the date part of a datetime value as the day of the week and the date in the form day-of-week, dd mmm yy (or yyyy).

  • The DTYEARw. format writes the date part of a datetime value as the year in the form yy or yyyy.

  • The DTYYQCw. format writes the date part of a datetime value as the year and the quarter and separates them with a colon (:).

• The following binary formats are available:
  • The S370FHEXw.d format writes real binary (floating-point) values in hexadecimal representation.

  • The VAXRBw.d format writes real binary (floating-point) data in VMS format.

• The following European currency conversion formats are available:
  • The EUROw.d and EUROXw.d formats write values that contain the euro (E) symbol:

    	The EUROw.d format writes numeric values with a leading euro (E) symbol, a comma that separates every three digits, and a period that separates the decimal fraction.
    	The EUROXw.d format writes numeric values with a leading euro (E) symbol, a period that separates every three digits, and a comma that separates the decimal fraction. This format is commonly used in European countries.

  • The formats that begin with EUROFR convert an amount in a specific European currency to an equivalent amount in euros:

    	EURFRATSw.d converts an amount from Austrian schillings to euros.
    	EURFRBEFw.d converts an amount from Belgian francs to euros.
    	EURFRCHFw.d converts an amount from Swiss francs to euros.
    	EURFRCZKw.d converts an amount from Czech koruny to euros.
    	EURFRDEMw.d converts an amount from German marks to euros.
    	EURFRDKKw.d converts an amount from Danish kroner to euros.
    	EURFRESPw.d converts an amount from Spanish pesetas to euros.
    	EURFRFIMw.d converts an amount from Finnish markkaa to euros.
    	EURFRFRF w.d converts an amount from French francs to euros.
    	EURFRGBPw.d converts an amount from British pounds to euros.
    	EURFRGRDw.d converts an amount from Greek drachmas to euros.
    	EURFRHUFw.d converts an amount from Hungarian forints to euros.
    	EURFRIEPw.d converts an amount from Irish pounds to euros.
    	EURFRITLw.d converts an amount from Italian lire to euros.
    	EURFRLUFw.d converts an amount from Luxembourg francs to euros.
    	EURFRNLGw.d converts an amount from Dutch guilders to euros.
    	EURFRNOKw.d converts an amount from Norwegian krone to euros.
    	EURFRPLZw.d converts an amount from Polish zlotys to euros.
    	EURFRPTE w.d converts an amount from Portuguese escudos to euros.
    	EURFRROLw.d converts an amount from Romanian lei to euros.
    	EURFRRURw.d converts an amount from Russian rubles to euros.
    	EURFRSEKw.d converts an amount from Swedish kronor to euros.
    	EURFRSITw.d converts an amount from Slovenian tolars to euros.
    	EURFRTRLw.d converts an amount from Turkish liras to euros.
    	EURFRYUDw.d converts an amount from Yugoslavian dinars to euros.

  • The formats that begin with EUROTO convert an amount in euros to an equivalent amount in a specific European currency:

    	EURTOATSw.d converts an amount in euros to Austrian schillings.
    	EURTOBEFw.d converts an amount in euros to Belgian francs.
    	EURTOCHFw.d converts an amount in euros to Swiss francs.
    	EURTOCZKw.d converts an amount in euros to Czech koruny.
    	EURTOFIMw.d converts an amount in euros to Finnish markkaa.
    	EURTODEMw.d converts an amount in euros to German marks.
    	EURTODKKw.d converts an amount in euros to Danish kroner.
    	EURTOESPw.d converts an amount in euros to Spanish pesetas.
    	EURTOFRFw.d converts an amount in euros to French francs.
    	EURTOGBPw.d converts an amount in euros to British pounds.
    	EURTOGRDw.d converts an amount in euros to Greek drachmas.
    	EURTOHUFw.d converts an amount in euros to Hungarian forints.
    	EURTOIEPw.d converts an amount in euros to Irish pounds.
    	EURTOITLw.d converts an amount in euros to Italian lire.
    	EURTOLUFw.d converts an amount in euros to Luxembourg francs.
    	EURTONLGw.d converts an amount in euros to Dutch guilders.
    	EURTONOKw.d converts an amount in euros to Norwegian krone.
    	EURTOPLZw.d converts an amount in euros to Polish zlotys.
    	EURTOPTEw.d converts an amount in euros to Portuguese escudos.
    	EURTOROLw.d converts an amount in euros to Romanian lei.
    	EURTORURw.d converts an amount in euros to Russian rubles.
    	EURTOSEKw.d converts an amount in euros to Swedish kronor.
    	EURTOSITw.d converts an amount in euros to Slovenian tolars.
    	EURTOTRLw.d converts an amount in euros to Turkish liras.
    	EURTOYUDw.d converts an amount in euros to Yugoslavian dinars.

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