MMDDYYxw. Format
Writes date values in the form mmdd<yy>yy or mm-dd-<yy>yy, where the x in the format
name is a character that represents the special character which separates
the month, day, and year. 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 month, the day,
and the year. These 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 month
and the day 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 MMDDYY
xw. format writes SAS date values in one of the
following forms:
where
is an integer that
represents the month.
is a specified separator.
is an integer that
represents the day of the month.
is a two-digit or four-digit
integer that represents the year.
Example
The following examples
use the input value of 19127, which is the SAS date value that corresponds
to May 14, 2012.