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DDMMYYw.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	right

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	8
Range:	2-10
Tip:	When w is from 2 to 5, SAS prints as much of the month and day as possible. When w is 7, the date appears as a two-digit year without slashes, and the value is right aligned in the output field.

Details

The DDMMYYw. format writes SAS date values in the form ddmmyy or ddmmyyyy, where

dd

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

mm

is an integer that represents the month.

yy or yyyy

is a two- or four-digit integer that represents the year.

Examples

The example table uses the input value of 13589, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 16, 1997.

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put date ddmmyy5.;	16/03
put date ddmmyy6.;
put date ddmmyy7.;
put date ddmmyy8.;	16/03/97
put date ddmmyy10.;	16/03/1997

See Also

	Formats: DATEw. MMDDYYw. YYMMDDw.
	Function: MDY
	Informats: DATEw. DDMMYYw. MMDDYYw. YYMMDDw.

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