Date:         Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:05:55 -0600
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS date values (mmyy)
Comments: To: CEdel@DE.IMSHEALTH.COM
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"Edel, Christoph (Frankfurt)" <CEdel@DE.IMSHEALTH.COM> wrote: 
 
>The notion of a mmyy informat is incompatible with the concept of SAS dates
>being the number of days from 01JAN1960.
 
There's a MONYY. informat; it returns the date value for the first day 
of the month.  There are several formats which don't refer to specific 
days; besides the MONYY. format, there's an MMYY format, a couple of 
QTR formats, a MONTH format, and a YEAR format. 
 
 
 
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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Development Manager, METRICS
First Health, West Sacramento, California USA