YYQw.

YYQw.

Reads quarters of the year

Category: Date and Time

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

YYQw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	4
Range:	4-32

Details

The quarter must be in the form yyQq or yyyyQq, where

yy or yyyy: is an integer that represents the two- or four-digit year.
q: is an integer (1, 2, 3, or 4) that represents the quarter of the year. You can also represent the quarter as 01, 02, 03, or 04.

The letter Q must separate the year value and the quarter value. The year value, the letter Q, and the quarter value cannot be separated by blanks. A value that is read with YYQw. produces a SAS date value that corresponds to the first day of the specified quarter.

Note: SAS interprets a two-digit year as belonging to the 100-year span that is defined by the YEARCUTOFF= system option. [cautionend]

Examples

input quarter yyq9.;

Data Lines Results

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

02Q2

15431

02Q02

15431

2002Q02

15431

See Also

Data Lines	Results
----+----1----+
02Q2	15431
02Q02	15431
2002Q02	15431

Functions:

QTR

YEAR

YYQ

System Option:

YEARCUTOFF=

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