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EURDFDTw.

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Date and Time

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	18
Range:	13-40

Details

The datetime values must be in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy, followed by a blank or special character, and hh:mm:ss.ss. In the date,

dd

is an integer from 01 through 31 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.

hh

is the number of hours ranging from 00 through 23,

mm

is the number of minutes ranging from 00 through 59,

ss.ss

is the number of seconds ranging from 00 through 59 with the fraction of a second following the decimal point.

EURDFDTw. requires values for both the date and the time; however, the ss.ss portion is optional.

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

You can set the language for the SAS session with the DFLANG= system option. (Because the SAS Installation Representative usually sets a default language for the site, you may be able to skip this step.) If you work with dates in multiple languages, you can replace the EUR prefix with a language prefix. See DFLANG= for the list of language prefixes. When you specify the language prefix in the informat, SAS ignores the DFLANG= system option.

Examples

This INPUT statement uses the value of the DFLANG= system option to read the international datetime values in German.

options dflang=german;
input date eurdfdt20.;

input date deudfdt20.;

Data Lines	Results
----+----1----+----2
23dez99:10:03:17.2	1261562597.2
23dez1999:10:03:17.2	1261562597.2

See Also

	Formats: DATEw. DATETIMEw.d TIMEw.d
	Function: DATETIME
	Informats: DATETIMEw. EURDFDEw. EURDFMYw.
	System Options: DFLANG= YEARCUTOFF=

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