What are the common formats for date values in SAS?
What are the common formats for date values in SAS?
Date, Time, and Datetime Formats
| Language Element | Input | Result |
|---|---|---|
| DOWNAME. | 19069 | Monday |
| JULIAN. | 19069 | 12077 |
| MMDDYY. | 19069 | 03/17/12 |
| MMDDYY10. | 19069 | 03/17/2012 |
What is iso8601 format in SAS?
The SAS ISO 8601 formats for UTC with a time zone offset are based on the following time, datetime, and time zone offsets: the zero meridian time or datetime near Greenwich, England (The offset is always +|–0000 or +|–00:00.)
What does format _all_ mean in SAS?
* format _all_ will delete all the formats in the SAS dataset. *If you want to remove formats and informats for specific variables from the dataset, you can do that using PROC DATASETS and here is how? *The following code will remove only the formats and informats of specific variables in the SAS dataset.
What are SAS formats?
A format is a layout specification for how a variable should be printed or displayed. SAS contains many internal formats and informats, or user defined formats and informats can be constructed using PROC FORMAT.
What is UTC datetime format?
Times are expressed in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), with a special UTC designator (“Z”). Times are expressed in local time, together with a time zone offset in hours and minutes. A time zone offset of “+hh:mm” indicates that the date/time uses a local time zone which is “hh” hours and “mm” minutes ahead of UTC.
What is format informat?
An informat is a specification for how raw data should be read. A format is a layout specification for how a variable should be printed or displayed. SAS contains many internal formats and informats, or user defined formats and informats can be constructed using PROC FORMAT.
What is difference between format and informat in SAS?
Informats tell SAS how to read data, while formats tell SAS how to write (or print) data.
