Using JMP - SAS

Chapter 5 Set Column Properties 147
The Column Info Window
Date Shows all values in the column as a date. See “Date Formats” on page 147.
Time Shows all values in the column as a specific instance in time, such as 12/2/03 at 2:23 PM. See “Time
Formats” on page 148.
Duration Shows all values in the column as a duration of time, such as hours, minutes, and seconds.
– :day:hr:m, :day:hr:m:s show a duration of time, such as 52:03:01:30, or fifty-two days, three hours,
one minute, and thirty seconds.
– hr:m, hr:m:s, min:s shows a duration of time, such as 17:37, or seventeen hours and thirty-seven
minutes.
Geographic Shows latitude and longitude number formatting for geographic maps. Latitude and
longitude options include the following:
– DDD (degrees)
– DMM (degrees and minutes)
– DMS (degrees, minutes, and seconds)
In each format, the last field can have a fraction part. You can specify the direction with either a signed
degree field or a direction suffix. To show a signed degree field, such as -59°00'00", deselect Direction
Indicator. To show the direction suffix, such as 59°00'00" S, select Direction Indicator.
To use spaces as field separators, deselect Field Punctuation. To use degrees, minutes, and seconds
symbols, select Field Punctuation.
Date Formats
When you choose a Date format, you can also specify an Input Format. The Date format indicates how the
date appears in the data table cells, and the Input Format indicates how you type in the date.
If you assign a date format to a numeric column that already contains data, then the numeric values are
treated as the number of seconds since January 1, 1904. For example, if you have a numeric column with a
cell value of 1,234,567,890 and you change the format to Date > m/d/y, the cell value appears as 02/13/
1943.
The examples in Table 5.1 use the date of December 31, 2004.
Table 5.1 Date Formats
Format
Appears As
m/d/y 12/31/2004
mmddyyyy 12312004
m/y 12/2004
yyyyQq
2004Q4
d/m/y 31/12/2004
ddmmyyyy 31122004