DATEw. Format
Writes date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy,
or dd-mmm-yyyy.
| Category: |
Date and Time |
| Alignment: |
Right |
Syntax
Syntax Description
w
specifies the width
of the output field.
| Default |
7 |
| Range |
5–11 |
| Tip |
Use a width of 9 to print a four-digit year without a
separator between the day, month, and year. Use a width of 11 to print
a four-digit year using a hyphen as a separator between the day, month,
and year
|
Details
The DATE
w.
format writes SAS date values in the form
ddmmmyy,
ddmmmyyyy,
or
dd-mmm-yyyy, where
dd
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.
Example
The example table uses
the input value of 19068, which is the SAS date value that corresponds
to March 16, 2012.