SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

56 Universals
Table 7 Date and time formats
Format type Description Min w Max w Max d General form Example
In Out
DATEw International
date
8 9 40 dd-mmm-yy 28-OCT-90
10 11 dd-mmm-yyyy 28-OCT-1990
ADATEw American
date
8 8 40 mm/dd/yy 10/28/90
10 10 mm/dd/yyyy 10/28/1990
EDATEw European
date
8 8 40 dd.mm.yy 28.10.90
10 10 dd.mm.yyyy 28.10.1990
JDATEw Julian date 5 5 40 yyddd 90301
7 7 yyyyddd 1990301
SDATEw Sortable
date *
8 8 40 yy/mm/dd 90/10/28
10 10 yyyy/mm/dd 1990/10/28
QYRw Quarter and
year
4 6 40 q Q yy 4 Q 90
6 8 q Q yyyy 4 Q 1990
MOYRw Month and
year
6 6 40 mmm yy OCT 90
8 8 mmm yyyy OCT 1990
WKYRw Week and
year
6 8 40 ww WK yy 43 WK 90
8 10 ww WK yyyy 43 WK 1990
WKDAYw Day of the
week
2 2 40 (name of the day) SU
MONTHw Month 3 3 40 (name of the month) JAN
TIMEw Time 5 5 40 hh:mm 01:02
TIMEw.d 10 10 40 16 hh:mm:ss.s 01:02:34.75
DTIMEw Days and
time
8 8 40 dd hh:mm 20 08:03
DTIMEw.d 13 13 40 16 dd hh:mm:ss.s 20 08:03:00
DATETIMEw Date and 17 17 40 dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm 20-JUN-1990
time
08:03
DATETIMEw.d 22 22 40 16 dd-mmm-yyyy 20-JUN-1990
hh:mm:ss.s
08:03:00
* All date and time formats produce sortable data. SDATE, a date format used in a number of Asian countries,
can be sorted in its character form and is used as a sortable format by many programmers.