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JULIANw.

JULIANw.



Writes date values as Julian dates in the form yyddd or yyyyddd

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: left


Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

JULIANw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default: 5
Range: 5-7
Tip: If w is 5, the JULIANw. format writes the date with a two-digit year. If w is 7, the JULIANw. format writes the date with a four-digit year.


Details

The JULIANw. format writes SAS date values in the form yyddd or yyyyddd, where

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

ddd
is the number of the day, 1-365 (or 1-366 for leap years), in that year.


Examples

The example table uses the input value of 15342, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to January 2, 2002 (the 2nd day of the year).

SAS Statements Results

----+----1
put date julian5.;
02002
put date julian7.; 
2002002


See Also

Functions:

DATEJUL
JULDATE

Informat:

JULIANw.


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