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The format for date and time information may vary from language to language. This is in addition to the translation of the words. The format can also vary from country to country for the same language.

Operating Environment Information:   Some of the details of how date time and datetime formats are implemented depends on your operating environment. For additional information, see the SAS documentation for your operating environment.  The following table summarizes the details of the available SAS date, time and datetime formats.

International Date and Datetime Formats

Language	English Format	International Format	Min	Max	Default
Afrikaans (AFR)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWK.	2	38	28
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFDE.	3	37	29
Catalan (CAT)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	8
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	40	27
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EUDFWDX.	3	40	16
Croatian (CRO)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	10
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	8
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	40	27
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	40	16
Czech (CSY)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	10	14	12
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	12	40	21
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFWN.	1	32	7
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	8
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	10	32	10
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	40	25
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	8	40	16
Danish (DAN)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	7
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	31	31
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	18	18
Dutch (NLD)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	38	28
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	37	29
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
Finnish (FIN)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	9	10	9
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	10
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	11
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	11
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	8	8	8
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	37	37
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	20	20
French (FRA)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	8
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	27	27
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	18	18
German (DEU)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	10
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	30	30
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	18	18
Hungarian (HUN)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	8	12	10
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	0	40	19
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	10
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	8	32	8
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	40	28
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	6	40	18
Italian (ITA)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	28	28
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	17	17
Macedonian (MAC)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	10
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	40	29
	WEEKDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFDN.	3	40	17
Norwegian (NOR)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	7
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	26	26
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	17	17
Polish (POL)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	12
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	12
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	40	34
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	40	17
Portuguese (PTG)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	13
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	38	38
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	37	23
Russian (RUS)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	11
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	8
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	2	40	29
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	40	16
Spanish (ESP)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	9
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	10
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	1	35	35
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	24	24
Slovenian (SLO)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	10
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	32	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	40	29
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	40	17
Swedish (SVE)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	7
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	26	26
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	17	17
Swiss_French (FRS)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	8
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	26	26
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	17	17
Swiss_German (DES)	DATE.	EURDFDE.	5	9	7
	DATETIME.	EURDFDT.	7	40	16
	DDMMYY.	EURDFDD.	2	10	8
	DOWNAME.	EURDFDWN.	1	32	10
	MONNAME.	EURDFMN.	1	32	9
	MONYY.	EURDFMY.	5	7	5
	WEEKDATX.	EURDFWKX.	3	30	30
	WEEKDAY.	EURDFDN.	1	32	1
	WORDDATX.	EURDFWDX.	3	18	18

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