Informat anydtdte - issue

[NN]

Hi,

We are working on a 9.2  - EG installation. i was trying the following code.

data a;

format a date9. b date9.;

a=input('01-Apr-19',anydtdte9.);

b=input('01-Apr-20',anydtdte9.);

run;

the output that i get is

a=01apr2019

b=01apr1920

Why is it that for the first date the year comes as 2019 but for the second date the year comes as 1920. Any suggestions would be helpful.

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Look up the option yearcutoff

The default is 1920 which you need to change for your dates.

[art297]

Reeza already told you about the yearcytoff option for 2-digit years.  Date9. expects DDMMMYY(YY) characters.  In your example was 01 at the beginning representing day or year?

[NN]

Reeza,

Thanks a lot..

Art,

The 01 represented the day.