The Essential Guide to SAS Dates and Times, Second Edition (2014)
Appendix A. A Quick Reference Guide to SAS Date, Time, and Datetime Formats
This table shows the result when the same date, time, or datetime value is displayed with the corresponding format, using the default length for the given format.
The reference date for this table is Thursday, September 18, 2014.
If You Want Your Date |
Use This Format |
18SEP14 |
DATE. |
18 |
DAY. |
18/09/14 |
DDMMYY. |
18 09 14 |
DDMMYYB. |
18:09:14 |
DDMMYYC. |
18-09-14 |
DDMMYYD. |
18092014 |
DDMMYYN. |
18.09.14 |
DDMMYYP. |
18/09/14 |
DDMMYYS. |
Thursday |
DOWNAME. |
261 |
JULDAY. |
14261 |
JULIAN. |
09/18/14 |
MMDDYY. |
09 18 14 |
MMDDYYB. |
09:18:14 |
MMDDYYC. |
09-18-14 |
MMDDYYD. |
09182014 |
MMDDYYN. |
09.18.14 |
MMDDYYP. |
09/18/14 |
MMDDYYS. |
09M2014 |
MMYY. |
09:2014 |
MMYYC. |
09-2014 |
MMYYD. |
092014 |
MMYYN. |
09.2014 |
MMYYP. |
09/2014 |
MMYYS. |
September |
MONNAME. |
9 |
MONTH. |
SEP14 |
MONYY. |
3 |
QTR. |
III |
QTRR. |
Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
WEEKDATE. |
Thursday, 18 September 2014 |
WEEKDATX. |
5 |
WEEKDAY. |
2014-W37-05 |
WEEKU. |
2014-W38-04 |
WEEKV. |
2014-W37-04 |
WEEKW. |
September 18, 2014 |
WORDDATE. |
18 September 2014 |
WORDDATX. |
2014 |
YEAR. |
2014M09 |
YYMM. |
2014:09 |
YYMMC. |
2014-09 |
YYMMD. |
14-09-18 |
YYMMDD. |
14 09 18 |
YYMMDDB. |
14:09:18 |
YYMMDDC. |
14-09-18 |
YYMMDDD. |
20140918 |
YYMMDDN. |
14.09.18 |
YYMMDDP. |
14/09/18 |
YYMMDDS. |
201409 |
YYMMN. |
2014.09 |
YYMMP. |
2014/09 |
YYMMS. |
2014SEP |
YYMON. |
2014Q3 |
YYQ. |
2014:3 |
YYQC. |
2014-3 |
YYQD. |
20143 |
YYQN. |
2014.3 |
YYQP. |
2014QIII |
YYQR. |
2014:III |
YYQRC. |
2014-III |
YYQRD. |
2014III |
YYQRN. |
2014.III |
YYQRP. |
2014/III |
YYQRS. |
2014/3 |
YYQS. |
2014W37 |
YYWEEKU. |
2014W38 |
YYWEEKV. |
2014W37 |
YYWEEKW. |
The reference time for this table is 2:45 p.m.
If You Want Your Time |
Use This Format |
14:35 |
HHMM. |
15 |
HOUR. |
875 |
MMSS. |
14:35:00 |
TIME. |
2:35:00 PM |
TIMEAMPM. |
14:35:00 |
TOD. |
The reference datetime for this table is 7:20 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2014.
If You Want Your Datetime |
Use This Format |
12DEC14:07:20:00 PM |
DATEAMPM. |
12DEC14:19:20:00 |
DATETIME. |
12DEC14 |
DTDATE. |
DEC14 |
DTMONYY. |
Friday, 12 December 2014 |
DTWKDATX. |
2014 |
DTYEAR. |
14:4 |
DTYYQC. |
12/12/2014 7:20 PM |
MDYAMPM. |