Date:         Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:59:32 -0400
Reply-To:     "Kowalczyk, Andrew" <AKowalczyk@NT.DMA.STATE.MA.US>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Kowalczyk, Andrew" <AKowalczyk@NT.DMA.STATE.MA.US>
Subject:      Re: Year 2000 problem: YYYYMMDD code
Comments: To: Ray Pass <raypass@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>,
          "EDSCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU" <EDSCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
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Despite SI's protestations that SAS in Y2K ready, we still get odd
results like this:
> 21   data _null_;
> 22    a = today();
> 23    put a yymmdd7.;
> 24    put a yymmdd8.;
> 25    put a yymmdd9.;
> 26    put a yymmdd10.;
> 27    run;
>
>  980430
> 98-04-30
>  98-04-30
> 1998-04-30
>
>
What we really need is a new suite of formats like:
YYMMDDCw. w=8,10  93:09:22  1993:09:22
YYMMDDDw.
YYMMDDNw. w=6,8 930922  19930922
YYMMDDPw.
YYMMDDSw.
MMDDYYxw.
DDMMYYxw.
>       ----------
>       From:   Ray Pass[SMTP:raypass@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
>       As for FORMATs, that's another story, but it shouldn't be too
> difficult to
>       set something up.  As a matter of fact, I think there was a cute
> little
>       solution here on SAS-L just a little while ago, but I didn't
> keep it.  Anyone?
>
> If you are doing a DATA _NULL_ report just:
>
>       PUT TheDate YYMMN6. TheDate DAY2. ;  /* tested */
>
>       or something like:
>
>       LongDate = PUT(TheDate, YYMMN6.) || PUT(TheDate, DAY2.); /*not
> tested*/
>
>       if you need it in a character variable
>
>