Formats

MDYAMPMw.d Format

Writes datetime values in the form mm/dd/yy<yy> hh:mm AM|PM. The year can be either two or four digits.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	right
Default Time Period:	AM

Syntax
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Examples
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Syntax

MDYAMPMw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	19
Range:	8-40

Details

The MDYAMPMw.d format writes SAS datetime values in the following form:

mm/dd/yy<yy> hh:mm<AM | PM>

The following list explains the datetime variables:

mm: is an integer from 1 through 12 that represents the month.
dd: is an integer from 1 through 31 that represents the day of the month.
yy or yyyy: specifies a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year.
hh: is the number of hours that range from 0 through 23.
mm: is the number of minutes that range from 00 through 59.
AM | PM: specifies either the time period 00:01-12:00 noon (AM) or the time period 12:01-12:00 midnight (PM). The default is AM.
date and time separator characters: is one of several special characters, such as the slash (/), colon (:), or a blank character that SAS uses to separate date and time components.

Comparison

The MDYAMPMw. format writes datetime values with separators in the form mm/dd/yy<yy> hh:mm AM | PM, and requires a space between the date and the time.

The DATETIMEw.d format writes datetime values with separators in the form ddmmmyy<yy>: hh:mm:ss.ss.

Examples

This example uses the input value of 1537113180, which is the SAS datetime value that corresponds to 3:53:00 PM on September 15, 2008.

SAS Statement	Results
put dt mdyampm25.	9/15/2008 3:53 PM