Formats

B8601DZw. Format

Writes datetime values in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time scale using ISO 8601 datetime and time zone basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm.

Category:	Date and Time
	ISO 8601
Alignment:	left
Time Zone Format:	Yes
ISO 8601 Element:	5.4.1 Complete representation

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UTC values specify a time and a time zone based on the zero meridian in Greenwich, England. The B8602DZ format writes SAS datetime values for the zero meridian date and time using one of the following ISO 8601 basic datetime notations:

yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm: is the form used whenw is large enough to support this time zone notation.
yyyymmddThhmmssZ: is the form used when w is not large enough to support the +|-hhmm time zone notation.

where

yyyy

is a four-digit year, such as 2008

is a two-digit month (zero padded) between 01 and 12

is a two-digit day of the month (zero padded) between 01 and 31

is a two-digit hour (zero padded), between 00 - 23

is a two-digit minute (zero padded), between 00 - 59

is a two-digit second (zero padded), between 00 - 59

indicates that the time is for zero meridian (Greenwich, England) or UTC time

+|-hhmm

is an hour and minute signed offset from zero meridian time. Note that the offset must be +|-hhmm (that is, + or - and four characters).

Use + for time zones east of the zero meridian and use - for time zones west of the zero meridian. For example, +0200 indicates a two-hour time difference to the east of the zero meridian, and -0600 indicates a six-hour time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Restriction:

The shorter form +|-hh is not supported.

Examples

SAS Statement	Value of bdz	Results
put bdz b8601dz20.;	1537113180	20080915T155300Z
put bdz b8601dz26.;	1537113180	20080915T155300+0000

Default:	26
Range:	20 - 35

B8601DZw. Format

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