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MONNAMEw. Format



Writes date values as the name of the month.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
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Syntax

MONNAMEw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default: 9
Range: 1-32
Tip: Use MONNAME3. to print the first three letters of the month name.

Details

If necessary, SAS truncates the name of the month to fit the format width.


Examples

The example table uses the input value of 16500, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 5, 2005.

SAS Statement Results
 
----+----1
put date monname1.; 
M
put date monname3.; 
Mar
put date monname5.; 
March


See Also

Format:

MONTHw. Format

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