MONYYw. Informat

Reads month and year date values in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax

MONYYw.

specifies the width of the input field.

Default	5
Range	5–32

The date values must be in one of the following forms:

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.

A value read with the MONYYw. informat results in a SAS date value that corresponds to the first day of the specified month.

Note: SAS interprets a two-digit year as belonging to the 100-year span that is defined by the YEARCUTOFF= system option.

input month_and_year monyy7.;