Informats

MMDDYYw. Informat

Reads date values in the form mmddyy or mmddyyyy.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
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Syntax

MMDDYYw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	6
Range:	6-32

Details

The date values must be in the form mmddyy or mmddyyyy, where

mm: is an integer from 01 through 12 that represents the month.
dd: is an integer from 01 through 31 that represents the day of the month.
yy or yyyy: is a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.

You can separate the month, day, and year fields by blanks or by special characters. However, if you use delimiters, place them between all fields in the value. Blanks can also be placed before and after the date.

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

Examples

input calendar_date mmddyy8.;

Data Line	Results
----+----1----+
031699	14319
03/16/99	14319
03 16 99	14319
03161999	14319