YYMMDDw.

YYMMDDw.

Writes date values in the form yymmdd or yyyymmdd

Category: Date and Time

Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

YYMMDDw.

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 15595, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to September 12, 2002.

SAS Statements Results

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

put day yymmdd2.;

02

put day yymmdd3.;

02

put day yymmdd4.;

0209

put day yymmdd5.;

02-09

put day yymmdd6.;

020912

put day yymmdd7.;

020912

put day yymmdd8.;

02-09-12

put day yymmdd10.;

2002-09-12

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put day yymmdd2.;	02
put day yymmdd3.;	02
put day yymmdd4.;	0209
put day yymmdd5.;	02-09
put day yymmdd6.;	020912
put day yymmdd7.;	020912
put day yymmdd8.;	02-09-12
put day yymmdd10.;	2002-09-12

Formats:

DATEw.

DDMMYYw.

MMDDYYw.

Functions:

DAY

MDY

MONTH

YEAR

Informats:

DATEw.

DDMMYYw.

MMDDYYw.

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