Date:         Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:57:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Jack Clark <jclark@HILLTOP.UMBC.EDU>
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From:         Jack Clark <jclark@HILLTOP.UMBC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: OT: Chance to Make SAS-L History: Did You Know That...
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Did you know that you can build a date range format with PROC FORMAT and
SAS Date Constants?

I almost wrote to SAS-L today to ask if this was possible, but decided
to just try it myself.  And it worked!  It was news to me.


* format for fiscal year ;
proc format;
   value fy  '01JUL04'd - '30JUN05'd = 'FY05'
             '01JUL05'd - '30JUN06'd = 'FY06'
             '01JUL06'd - '30JUN07'd = 'FY07'
             '01JUL07'd - '30JUN08'd = 'FY08'
             '01JUL08'd - '30JUN09'd = 'FY09'
             ;
run;






Jack Clark
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