https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Strange-Time-Format/m-p/1738#M778 try informats hhmmss. or ND8601TM.<BR /> <BR /> not sure where they are documented, but they worked on <BR /> your string !<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Peter Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:26:48 GMT deleted_user 2006-11-08T13:26:48Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Strange-Time-Format/m-p/1737#M777 I wanna input a time variable into a dataset... like "220406", which means HHMMSS (22:04:06).<BR /> <BR /> Can anyone help to input this number (220406) to a store as a proper time format in SAS ? Thanks a lot! Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:11:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Strange-Time-Format/m-p/1737#M777 deleted_user 2006-11-08T03:11:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Strange-Time-Format/m-p/1738#M778 try informats hhmmss. or ND8601TM.<BR /> <BR /> not sure where they are documented, but they worked on <BR /> your string !<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Peter Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:26:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Strange-Time-Format/m-p/1738#M778 deleted_user 2006-11-08T13:26:48Z