Formats for NLS

NLDATEw. Format

Converts a SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale, and then writes the date value as a date.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	left

Syntax

NLDATEw.

w

specifies the width of the output field. If necessary, SAS abbreviates the date to fit the format width.

Default:	20
Range:	10-200

NLDATEw. is similar to DATEw. and WORDDATEw. except that NLDATEw. is locale-specific.

These examples use the input value of 15760, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to February 24, 2003.

Statements	Results
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options locale=English_UnitedStates; put day nldate.;	February 24, 2003
options locale=German_Germany; put day nldate.;	24. Februar 2003

Statements

Results

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options locale=English_UnitedStates;

put day nldate.;

February 24, 2003

options locale=German_Germany;

put day nldate.;

24. Februar 2003