topic Re: SAS Date in "DD MON" format in SAS Programming

SAS Date in "DD MON" format

deleted_user — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:48:44 GMT

Hi,

I am creating an output file in which I need to write a SAS Date field in "DD MON" format. (Day in DD format, Space and Month in 3 letter word form)

e.g. "05 Jan", "20 Oct" etc.

When I checked available SAS Date formats, I didnt find the precise format which can write the date in the desired format. When I use "date5." date format the result was "05Jan" (No space between Day and Month).

Please suggest the appropriate date format to achieve the same.

regards
Kapil Agrawal

Re: SAS Date in "DD MON" format

data_null__ — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:09:02 GMT

Using a picture format you can create "any" date format.

[pre]
proc format;
picture ddmon other='0%d %b' (datatype=date);
run;
data _null_;
x = today();
put x=ddmon.;
run;
[/pre]

Re: SAS Date in "DD MON" format

deleted_user — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:14:24 GMT

It is working 🙂

Thanks a lot.