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Chapter 19. Reading Date and Time Values

Overview

Introduction

SAS provides many informats for reading raw data values in various forms. In Chapter 17, Reading Raw Data in Fixed Fields, you learned how to use informats to read standard and nonstandard data. ...

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Overview	564
Introduction	564
Objectives	564
How SAS Stores Date Values	565
How SAS Stores Time Values	565
More about SAS Date and Time Values	566
Reading Date and Time Informats	566
Specifying Informats	567
MMDDYYw. Informat	567
DATEw. Informat	568
TIMEw. Informat	569
DATETIMEw. Informat	570
YEARCUTOFF= SAS System Option	570
Using Dates and Times in Calculations	572
Introduction	572
Using Date and Time Formats	576
The WEEKDATEw. Format	577
The WORDDATEw. Format	578
Summary	580
Text Summary	580
Points to Remember	580
Practice	581
Quiz	582