DTDATEw. Format
Expects a datetime value as input and writes date
values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy.
| Category: |
Date and Time |
| Alignment: |
Right |
Syntax
Syntax Description
w
specifies the width
of the output field.
| Default |
7 |
| Range |
5–9 |
| Tip |
Use a width of 9 to print a four-digit year. |
Details
The DTDATE
w.
format writes SAS date values in the form
ddmmmyy or
ddmmmyyyy,
where
dd
is an integer that
represents the day of the month.
mmm
are the first three
letters of the month name.
yy or yyyy
is a two-digit or four-digit
integer that represents the year.
Comparisons
The DTDATEw.
format produces the same type of output that the DATEw.
format produces. The difference is that the DTDATEw.
format requires a datetime value.
Example
The example table uses
a datetime value of 16APR2012:10:00:00 as input, and prints both a
two-digit and a four-digit year for the DTDATEw.
format.