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rajvir
Fluorite | Level 6

 

 

1)Suppose the YEARCUTOFF= system option is set to 1920. An input file contains the date expression 12/08/1925, which is being read with the MMDDYY8. informat. Which date will appear in your data?

 

: The answer is 08DEC2019  

 

I felt the answer would be 08DEC1925 , as 1920-2019 will be range if yearcutoff=1920. 

 

Experts pls help me out with this problem.

 

Thanks 

Raj

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Astounding
PROC Star

Just saying the same thing in different words ...

 

The MMDDYY8 informat means, "Read 8 characters.  Expect them to be in month+day+year form.  Interpret and convert what you find within those 8 characters."

 

So the data contains 12/08/1925.  But the MMDDYY8 informat specifically instructs the software to read the first 8 of those 10 characters.  It never reads the "25" at the end, only the "12/08/19".

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Reeza
Super User

Your issue isn't with YEARCUTOFF per se, but with the format.

If it's MMDDYY10 - it uses the whole year. 

But if it's MMDDYY8 - it sees

 

12/08/19 -> 2019

rajvir
Fluorite | Level 6

the date is 12/08/1925,

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Your informat should be MMDDYY10. - the length includes the forward slashes. This is a data truncation problem - you are reading 12/08/19 when you should be reading 12/08/1925. The YEARCUTOFF option is irrelevant in this case as you have the complete date including the century.

Astounding
PROC Star

Just saying the same thing in different words ...

 

The MMDDYY8 informat means, "Read 8 characters.  Expect them to be in month+day+year form.  Interpret and convert what you find within those 8 characters."

 

So the data contains 12/08/1925.  But the MMDDYY8 informat specifically instructs the software to read the first 8 of those 10 characters.  It never reads the "25" at the end, only the "12/08/19".

rajvir
Fluorite | Level 6
Thanks now got it 🙂

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