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Jason K.
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I'm having a little trouble finding any documentation on displaying a month's name from a numeric value of 200708.

Is there a way to gather this information?


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Leah
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As the numeric field doesn't have a 'day' in it, I'd suggest using edit to extract the two digit month and then set up a decode.

Assume it is a numeric 6

monthn/a2 = edit (numeric field,'$$$$99');
monthsp/a12 = decode monthn ( '01' January
'02' February ..... else 'error';


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ET
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Try this.
DEFINE FILE CAR
DATE/I6YYMT WITH COUNTRY=200708;
END
TABLEF FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY DATE
END

gives the following results.

COUNTRY DATE
------- ----
ENGLAND 2007 AUG
FRANCE 2007 AUG
ITALY 2007 AUG
JAPAN 2007 AUG
W GERMANY 2007 AUG


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Leah
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I learn new every day, what form gives the month in say spelled out completely.


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Jason K.
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Great Tips!
It's working well now!


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ET
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This gives the full month but only works with smart dates.

DEFINE FILE CAR
DATE/YYMTR WITH COUNTRY='200708';
END
TABLEF FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY DATE DATE/YYMtr
END
COUNTRY DATE DATE
------- ---- ----
ENGLAND 2007, AUGUST 2007, August
FRANCE 2007, AUGUST 2007, August
ITALY 2007, AUGUST 2007, August
JAPAN 2007, AUGUST 2007, August
W GERMANY 2007, AUGUST 2007, August


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