WEEKDAYw. Format

Writes date values as the day of the week.

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: Right

Syntax

WEEKDAYw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 1
Range 1–32

Details

The WEEKDAYw. format writes a SAS date value as the day of the week (where 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, and so on).

Example

The example table uses the input value of 19025, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to February 2, 2012.
SAS Statement
Result
 
----+----1
put date weekday.;
5

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