Anyone know why the DATETIME18. format uses only two digits for the year?
Unless my math skills have slipped 9 + 1 + 8 = 18 should be enough for DATE9. plus TIME8. with space for a colon between them.
Looks like it has done this for a long time as here is an article from 1999 about a problem it caused.
557 - SAS/GIS sample map data sets use DATETIME18. format for DATE variable
PERCENTN. has the same kind of quirk, it requires two extra spaces for parentheses that it is designed not to write. I guess that is the plight of long term compatibility, once a less than ideal feature is installed, you are more or less stuck with it.
PG
PERCENTN. has the same kind of quirk, it requires two extra spaces for parentheses that it is designed not to write. I guess that is the plight of long term compatibility, once a less than ideal feature is installed, you are more or less stuck with it.
PG
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