DDMMYYw.

DDMMYYw.

Writes date values in the form ddmmyy or ddmmyyyy

Category: Date and Time

Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

DDMMYYw.

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 15415, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to March 16, 2002.

SAS Statements Results

----+----1----+

put date ddmmyy5.;

16/03

put date ddmmyy6.;

160302

put date ddmmyy7.;

160302

put date ddmmyy8.;

16/03/02

put date ddmmyy10.;

16/03/2002

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put date ddmmyy5.;	16/03
put date ddmmyy6.;	160302
put date ddmmyy7.;	160302
put date ddmmyy8.;	16/03/02
put date ddmmyy10.;	16/03/2002

Formats:

DATEw.

MMDDYYw.

YYMMDDw.

Function:

MDY

Informats:

DATEw.

DDMMYYw.

MMDDYYw.

YYMMDDw.

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