The DATE modifier is used with the PARTIAL2 routine to determine the relationship between dates.
Syntax
DATE; source_date_mask; target_init_mask
source_date_mask
|
Format of dates to be matched. Y = year, M = month, D = day, and X = skipping the current year digit. |
target_init_mask |
Indicates to the routine which parts of the date are missing and what to fill it with. Format is yyyymmddd. |
Score |
Description |
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100 |
Dates are equal and neither is zero. |
75 |
One of the following conditions has been met:
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50 |
Either year, month, and day is zero. |
5 |
All other cases. |
0 |
Difference between years is greater than or equal to (>=) 16; MMDDs are not equal. |