YYMMDDxw. Format
Writes date values in the form yymmdd or <yy>yy-mm-dd, where the x in the format name is a character that represents
the special character which separates the year, month, and day. The
special character 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 year, the month,
and the day. These are the 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 year
and the month. When w is 7,
the date appears as a two-digit year without separators.
When x has
a value of N, the width range is 2–8.
Details
The YYMMDD
xw. format writes SAS date values in one of the
following forms:
where
is a two-digit or four-digit
integer that represents the year.
is a specified separator.
is an integer that
represents the month.
is an integer that
represents the day of the month.
Example
The following examples
use the input value of 19127, which is the SAS date value that corresponds
to May 14, 2012.