B8601DAw. Informat

Reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 base notation yyyymmdd.

Categories:	Date and Time
Categories:	ISO 8601
Alignment:	Left
Alias:	ND8601DAw
Restriction:	UTC time zone offset values are not supported.
Supports:	ISO 8601 Element 5.2.1.1, complete representation

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B8601DAw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default	10
Requirement	The width of the output field must be 10.

Details

The B8601DA informat reads date values that are specified using the ISO 8601 basic date notation yyyymmdd:

yyyy

is a four-digit year.

is a two-digit month (zero padded) between 01 and 12.

is a two-digit day of the month (zero padded) between 01 and 31.

If the month or day values are omitted, SAS uses a value of 1 for the month or day. If the hour, minute, or second values are omitted, SAS uses a value of 0 for the hour, minute, or second.

Example

input @1 bda b8601da.;

Data Line	Result	Formatted Using B8601DA Format
----+----1
20120915	19251	20120915
2012	18993	20120101

B8601DAw. Informat

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w

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