E8601DAw. Informat

Reads date values that are specified 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 input field.
Default:10
Requirement:The width of the input field must be 10.

Details

The E8601DA informat reads date values that are specified in the ISO 8601 extended date 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 

input eda e8601da.;
Data Line
Result 
----+----1
 
2012-09-15
 
19251

See Also

Reading Dates and Times by Using the ISO 860 Basic and Extended Notations
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