MONNAMEw. Format

Writes date values as the name of the month.
Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right
Syntax
Details
Example
See Also

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.

Example

The example table uses the input value of 19057, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 5, 2012.
SAS Statement
Result 
 
----+----1
 
put date monname1.; 
M
 
put date monname3.; 
Mar
 
put date monname5.; 
March

See Also

Formats:
MONTHw. Format
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