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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:40:53 -0400
Reply-To:   Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:   Re: consistency of sorting a date or time var in num and char
Comments:   To: Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM>

Ya,

Would YYYYMMDD meet your criteria?

Art ------- On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:33:35 -0400, Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM> wrote:

>Hi there, > >Obviously sorting a date var as numeric is different from a date9. >formatted character, since '03JAN2009' is ordered after '03APR2009'. >But '03JAN2009'DT should have the same order as '01032009'. For time >var, a time5. formatted string will not have the same order as the >underline numeric var, since time5. is not zero padded. > >I wonder what kind of formatted date, time or datetime var have >the same order as the underline numeric var. > >Thanks > >Ya

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