proc datesettings


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DESCRIPTION

proc datesettings may be used to control details of date handling.

ATTRIBUTES

format format

Set the current date notation to format. Available formats are described in dates

omitweekends omit | adjust | yes | no

Allows date plotting as if Saturdays and Sundays did not exist. Mondays will follow Fridays directly. Useful in certain business and work-related plots.
If omit, any Saturday or Sunday dates encountered will be considered invalid and omitted; however they will not be reported unless the -showbad command line option is used.
If adjust or yes, any Saturday or Sunday dates encountered will be silently adjusted to the nearest weekday.

pivotyear yy

Set the pivot year for deciding which century a two-digit year value is in. See dates for further discussion of pivot year.

lazydates month|day|both

Allow handling of dates where the day component or the month component is not known. See dates for further discussion of lazy dates.


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