SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

Logical functions:
RANGE(varname,range) True if value of variable is in range.
ANY(arg,arg list) True if value of first argument is included on argument list.
Other functions:
Date and time aggregation functions:
Date and time conversion functions:
Date and time extraction functions:
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UNIFORM(arg) Uniform pseudo-random number between 0 and arg.
NORMAL(arg) Normal pseudo-random number with mean of 0 and standard deviation of
arg.
CDFNORM(arg) Probability that random variable falls below arg.
PROBIT(arg) Inverse of CDFNORM.
DATE.DMY(d,m,y) Read day, month, year, and return date.
DATE.MDY(m,d,y) Read month, day, year, and return date.
DATE.YRDAY(y,d) Read year, day, and return date.
DATE.QYR(q,y) Read quarter, year, and return quarter start date.
DATE.MOYR(m,y) Read month, year, and return month start date.
DATE.WKYR(w,y) Read week, year, and return week start date.
TIME.HMS(h,m,s) Read hour, minutes, seconds, and return time interval.
TIME.DAYS(d) Read days and return time interval.
YRMODA(yr,mo,da) Convert year, month, day to day number.
CTIME.DAYS(arg) Convert time interval to days.
CTIME.HOURS(arg) Convert time interval to hours.
CTIME.MINUTES(arg) Convert time interval to minutes.
XDATE.MDAY(arg) Return day of the month.
XDATE.MONTH(arg) Return month of the year.
XDATE.YEAR(arg) Return four-digit year.
XDATE.HOUR(arg) Return hour of a day.
XDATE.MINUTE(arg) Return minute of an hour.
XDATE.SECOND(arg) Return second of a minute.
XDATE.WKDAY(arg) Return weekday number.
XDATE.JDAY(arg) Return day number of day in given year.
XDATE.QUARTER(arg) Return quarter of date in given year.
XDATE.WEEK(arg) Return week number of date in given year.
XDATE.TDAY(arg) Return number of days in time interval.
XDATE.TIME(arg) Return time portion of given date and time.
XDATE.DATE(arg) Return integral portion of date.