YYMMDDxw. Format

Writes date values in the form yymmdd or <yy>yy-mm-dd, where the x in the format name is a character that represents the special character which separates the year, month, and day. The special character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator; the year can be either 2 or 4 digits.

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: Right

Syntax

YYMMDDxw.

Syntax Description

x

identifies a separator or specifies that no separator appear between the year, the month, and the day. These are the valid values for x:

B

separates with a blank.

C

separates with a colon.

D

separates with a hyphen.

N

indicates no separator.

P

separates with a period.

S

separates with a slash.

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 8
Range 2–10
Interactions When w has a value of from 2 to 5, the date appears with as much of the year and the month. When w is 7, the date appears as a two-digit year without separators.
When x has a value of N, the width range is 2–8.

Details

The YYMMDDxw. format writes SAS date values in one of the following forms:
yymmdd
<yy>yyxmmxdd
where
<yy>yy
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.
x
is a specified separator.
mm
is an integer that represents the month.
dd
is an integer that represents the day of the month.

Example

The following examples use the input value of 19127, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2012.
SAS Statement
Result
 
----+----1----+
put day yymmddc5.;
12:05
put day yymmddd8.;
12-05-14
put day yymmddp10.;
2012.05.14
put day yymmddn8.;
20120514

See Also

Functions:
DAY Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
MDY Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
MONTH Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
YEAR Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
Informats: