Writes date values in the form mmdd<yy>yy or
mm-dd-<yy>yy, where the x in the format name is a character that represents
the special character which separates the month, day, and year. 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
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| Alignment: |
right
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x
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identifies a separator or specifies that
no separator appear between the month, the day, and the year. Valid values
for x are:
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B
-
separates with a blank
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C
-
separates with a colon
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D
-
separates with a dash
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N
-
indicates no separator
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P
-
separates with a period
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S
-
separates with a slash.
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w
-
specifies the width of the output field.
| Default: |
8 |
| Range: |
2-10 |
| Interaction: |
When w has a value of from 2 to 5, the date appears with as much
of the month and the day as possible. When w
is 7, the date appears as a two-digit year without separators. |
| Interaction: |
When x has a value of N, the width range changes to
2-8. |
The MMDDYYxw.
format writes SAS date values in the form mmdd<yy>yy or
mmxddx<yy>yy, where
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mm
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is an integer that represents the month.
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x
-
is a specified separator.
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dd
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is an integer that represents the day of
the month.
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<yy>yy
-
is a two-digit or four-digit integer that
represents the year.
The following examples use the input value of 18031,
which is the SAS date value that corresponds to May 14, 2009.
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SAS Statement |
Results |
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put day mmddyyc5.;
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05:14
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put day mmddyyd8.;
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05-14-09
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put day mmddyyp10.;
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05.14.2009
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put day mmddyyn8.;
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05142009
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