YYQw. Format

Writes date values in the form <yy>yyQq, where Q is the separator, the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits, and q is the quarter of the year.

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: Right

Syntax

YYQw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 6
Range 4–32
Interaction When w has a value of 4 or 5, the date appears with only the last two digits of the year. When w is 6 or more, the date appears with a four-digit year.

Details

The YYQw. format writes SAS date values in the form <yy>yyQq:
<yy>yy
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.
Q
is the character separator.
q
is an integer (1,2,3, or 4) that represents the quarter of the year.

Example

The following examples use the input value of 19158, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to June 14, 2012.
SAS Statement
Result
 
----+----1----+
put date yyq4.;
12Q2
put date yyq5.;
 12Q2
put date yyq.;
2012Q2
put date yyq6.;
2012Q2
put date yyq10.;
    2012Q2

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