Date:         Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:43:00 -0400
Reply-To:     "Barless, A. (Allan)" <ALLAN.BARLESS@ROYALBANK.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Barless, A. (Allan)" <ALLAN.BARLESS@ROYALBANK.COM>
Subject:      Year 2000 problem: YYYYMMDD code
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Date: 4/29/98 6:07PM
To: A. (Allan) Barless at EMPO0008
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Subject: Year 2000 problem: YYYYMMDD code
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     Ed,  take a look at the informat yymmddx. again.  I think you want
to
     put increase x. to either eight or ten.  Like this yymmdd8.
yymmdd10.
 
     Al B
 
 
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Subject: Year 2000 problem: YYYYMMDD code
Author:  SMTP:EDSCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU at Internet
Date:    29/04/98 6:07 PM
 
 
Hi,
 
Our central mainframe computing people started using a full
year code to deal with the year 2000 problem.  The code is
"YYYYMMDD"  (YYYY = year, MM = month & DD = day).  Since SAS,
in Windows version 6.08, has the format YYMMDD6., but not a
YYYYMMDD8. format, I'll only be able to read the new field
until 1999.  I've looked at the informats in SAS Windows 6.12
for YYYYMMDD8., but could not find it.
 
Does anyone have a suggedtion on how to deal with a YYYYMMDD code?
 
Thanks, in advance, for any help.
 
Ed Silverman\CCNY
 
P.S.:  SPSS 6.1 has a YYYY/MM/DD code, but that doesn't
       handle YYYYMMDD.