E8601DAw. Format

Writes date values by using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd.
Categories: Date and Time

ISO 8601
Alignment: left
Alias: IS8601DA
Restriction: UTC time zone offset values are not supported.
Supports: ISO 8601 Element 5.2.1.1, complete representation
Syntax
Details
Example
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Syntax

E8601DAw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default:10
Requirement:The width of the output field must be 10.

Details

The E8601DA format writes a date by using the ISO 8601 extended notation yyyy-mm-dd:
yyyy
is a four-digit year.
mm
is a two-digit month (zero padded) between 01 and 12.
dd
is a two-digit day of the month (zero padded) between 01 and 31.

Example 

put eda e8601da.;
Value for eda
Result 
19251
 
2012-09-15

See Also

Working with Dates and Times by Using the ISO 8601 Basic and Extended Notations
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