YMDDTTMw.d Informat
Reads datetime values in the form <yy>yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ss, where special
characters such as a hyphen (-), period (.), slash (/), or colon (:)
are used to separate the year, month, day, hour, minute, and seconds;
the year can be either 2 or 4 digits.
| Category: |
Date and Time |
| Alignment: |
Right |
Syntax
Syntax Description
w
specifies the width
of the output field.
d
specifies the number
of digits to the right of the decimal point in the seconds value.
The digits to the right of the decimal point specify a fraction of
a second. This argument is optional.
Details
The YMDDTTMw.d format
reads SAS datetime values in the form <yy>yy-mm-dd hh:mm:<ss<.ss>>:
yy or yyyy
specifies a two- or
four-digit integer that represents the year.
mm
is an integer between
01 and 12 that represents the month.
dd
is an integer between
01 and 31 that represents the day of the month.
hh
is an integer between
00 and 23 that represents hours.
mm
is an integer between
00 and 59 that represents minutes.
ss.ss
is the number of seconds
ranging from 00–59 with the fraction of a second following
the decimal point.
| requirement |
If a fraction of a second is specified, the decimal
point can be represented only by a period and is required.
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- or :
represents one of several
special characters, such as the slash (/), hyphen (-), colon (:),
or a blank character that can be used to separate date and time components.
Special characters can be used as separators between any date or
time component and between the date and the time.
Comparisons
The YMDDTTMw.d informat reads datetime values with required
separators in the form <yy>yy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss.ss.
The MDYAMPMw.d in format reads datetime values with optional
separators in the form mm-dd-yy<yy> hh:mm:ss.ss AM | PM, and requires a space between the date and the time.
The DATETIMEw.d informat reads datetime values with optional
separators in the form dd-mmm-yy<yy> hh:mm:ss.ss AM|PM, and the date and time can be separated by a special character.