MONNAMEw.

MONNAMEw.

Writes date values as the name of the month

Category: Date and Time

Alignment: right

Syntax

MONNAMEw.

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	9
Range:	1-32
Tip:	Use MONNAME3. to print the first three letters of the month name.

If necessary, SAS truncates the name of the month to fit the format width.

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 monname1.;

M

put date monname3.;

Mar

put date monname5.;

March

See Also

Format:

MONTHw.