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YYMMDDw.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	right

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	8
Range:	2-10

Details

The YYMMDDw. format writes SAS date values in the form yymmdd or yyyymmdd, where

yy or yyyy

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

mm

is an integer that represents the month.

dd

is an integer that represents the day of the month.

Examples

The example table uses the input value of 13769, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to September 12, 1997.

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put day yymmdd2.;
put day yymmdd3.;
put day yymmdd4.;
put day yymmdd5.;	97-09
put day yymmdd6.;
put day yymmdd7.;
put day yymmdd8.;	97-09-12
put day yymmdd10.;	1997-09-12

See Also

	Formats: DATEw. DDMMYYw. MMDDYYw.
	Functions: DAY MDY MONTH YEAR
	Informats: DATEw. DDMMYYw. MMDDYYw.

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