Date:         Wed, 21 May 2008 11:34:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Changing Default DATETIMEnn print format

a example:

 proc format;
   picture dttest
     low-high = '%0Y-%0m-%0d:%0H:%0M:%0S'   (datatype=DATETIME)
      ;
 run;
data x;
  x=datetime();
  put x dttest.;
run;

Gerhard



On Wed, 21 May 2008 07:48:58 -0700, Friar Broccoli <EliasRK@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>When doing a PROC PRINT of data containing
>a DATETIMEnn value the default output format looks
>like:
>
>21MAY2007:17:37:00
>
>which is a real pain because such text cannot be
>sorted by tools outside of SAS.
>
>Is there some way of changing the *DEFAULT* behavior
>so the result looks more like:
>
>2007-05-21:17:37:00
>
>I'm not hopeful that this is possible, but if I don't ask ...