DATEw.

DATEw.

Writes date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy

Category: Date and Time

Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

DATEw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	7
Range:	5-9
Tip:	Use a width of 9 to print a 4-digit year.

Details

The DATEw. format writes SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy, where

dd: is an integer that represents the day of the month.
mmm: is the first three letters of the month name.
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 day date5.;

16MAR

put day date6.;

16MAR

put day date7.;

16MAR02

put day date8.;

16MAR02

put day date9.;

16MAR2002

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put day date5.;	16MAR
put day date6.;	16MAR
put day date7.;	16MAR02
put day date8.;	16MAR02
put day date9.;	16MAR2002

Function:

DATE

Informat:

DATEw.

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