YYQxw.

YYQxw.

Writes date values as the year and the quarter and separates them with a character

Category: Date and Time

Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

YYQxw.

Syntax Description

x

specifies the separators, which can be colons, dashes, periods, or other specific characters. For a list of the possible values of x, see the table in Details.

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	7
Range:	5-32
Interaction:	when no separator is specified by setting x to N, the width range is 4-32 and the default changes to 6.
Tip:	If w is too small to print a four-digit year, only the last two digits of the year print.

Details

The following table shows the separators that correspond to the possible x values:

Syntax Separator

YYQw. * uppercase Q

YYQCw. colon

YYQDw. dash

YYQNw. no separator

YYQPw. period

YYQSw. forward slash

*For compatibility with previous versions, the width range of YYQw. without x is 4-6.

Syntax	Separator
YYQw. *	uppercase Q
YYQCw.	colon
YYQDw.	dash
YYQNw.	no separator
YYQPw.	period
YYQSw.	forward slash
*For compatibility with previous versions, the width range of YYQw. without x is 4-6.

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 date yyq6.;

2002Q1

put date yyqc6.;

2002:1

put date yyqd6.;

2002-1

put date yyqn5.;

20021

put date yyqp6.;

2002.1

put date yyqs6.;

2002/1

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
put date yyq6.;	2002Q1
put date yyqc6.;	2002:1
put date yyqd6.;	2002-1
put date yyqn5.;	20021
put date yyqp6.;	2002.1
put date yyqs6.;	2002/1

Format:

YYQRxw.

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