MDY Function

Returns a SAS date value from month, day, and year values

Category: Date and Time

Syntax

MDY ( month,day,year )

Arguments

month

• specifies a numeric expression that represents an integer from 1 through 12.

day

• specifies a numeric expression that represents an integer from 1 through 31.

year

• specifies a two-digit or four-digit integer that represents the year. The YEARCUTOFF= system option defines the year value for two-digit dates.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
birthday=mdy(8,27,90);
put birthday;	11196
put birthday= worddate.;	birthday=August 27, 1990
anniversary=mdy(7,11,2001);
put anniversary;	15167
put anniversary=date9.;	anniversary=11JUL2001

See Also

Functions:

• 'DAY Function' on page 483

• 'MONTH Function' on page 655

• 'YEAR Function' on page 914