DATEw. Format

Writes SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy, or dd-mmm-yyyy.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	Right

Syntax

DATEw.

specifies the width of the output field.

Default	7
Range	5–9
Tip	Use a width of 9 to print a 4-digit year.

The DATEw. format writes SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy, or dd-mmm-yyyy where

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

mmm

is the first three letters of the month name.

yy or yyyy

is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.

Note: SAS calculates date values based on the number of days since January 1, 1960.

The example table uses the input value of 19431, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 14, 2013.