topic What does n do in a date formatting such as yymmddn8? in SAS Programming

What does n do in a date formatting such as yymmddn8?

GN0001 — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:14:10 GMT

Hello team,

what is the role of "n"?

Regards,

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novinosrin — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:18:38 GMT

indicates no separator

a=put(18922,yymmddn8.);

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ballardw — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:20:01 GMT

This is one where I am tempted to say: "Nothing. On purpose".😈

mkeintz — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 01:36:00 GMT

Computer programming in general is a great environment to answer questions by just trying something, as in:

data _null_;
  d=today();
  put d=date9.;
  put d=yymmdd8.;
  put d=yymmdds8.;
  put d=yymmddn8.;
run;

Looking at the log provides an answer.