DDMMYYxw. Format
Writes date values in the form ddmm<yy>yy or dd-mm-yy<yy>, where the x in the format name is a character that represents
the special character that separates the day, month, and year, which
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 |
| Alignment: |
right |
Syntax
Syntax Description
- x
-
identifies a separator
or specifies that no separator appear between the day, the month,
and the year. The following are valid values for x:
- B
-
separates with a blank
- C
-
separates with a colon
- D
-
separates with a hyphen
- N
-
indicates no separator
- P
-
separates with a period
- S
-
separates with a slash.
- w
-
specifies the width
of the output field.
Default:8
Range:2–10
Interactions:When w has
a value of from 2 to 5, the date appears with as much of the day and
the month as possible. When w is 7, the date appears as a two-digit year without separators.
When x has
a value of N, the width range changes to 2–8.
Details
The DDMMYY
xw. format writes SAS date values in the form
ddmm<
yy>
yy or
ddxmmx<
yy>
yy:
is an integer that
represents the day of the month.
is a specified separator.
is an integer that
represents the month.
is a two-digit or
four-digit integer that represents the year.
Example
The following examples
use the input value of 19137, which is the SAS date value that corresponds
to May 24, 2012.