https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Informat-to-convert-char-time-variable-to-numeric-time-variable/m-p/786257#M251006 <PRE>data new; comm_time = '13:08:09'; numeric_comm_time = input(comm_time, ???.); run;</PRE> <P>The actual dataset shows the comm-time as a char variable.&nbsp; Since I will need to use the comm_time in a calculation with a date</P> <P>IE if date1 &lt; date2 and com_time1 &lt; comm_time 2 then do something......</P> <P>I will need to display/convert the char variable to a numeric variable.&nbsp; I just do not know what to insert in the input value where I am showing ??? Notice it shows as 13:08:09.&nbsp; Is there an informat to address this???</P> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:03:28 GMT Q1983 2021-12-16T04:03:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Informat-to-convert-char-time-variable-to-numeric-time-variable/m-p/786257#M251006 <PRE>data new; comm_time = '13:08:09'; numeric_comm_time = input(comm_time, ???.); run;</PRE> <P>The actual dataset shows the comm-time as a char variable.&nbsp; Since I will need to use the comm_time in a calculation with a date</P> <P>IE if date1 &lt; date2 and com_time1 &lt; comm_time 2 then do something......</P> <P>I will need to display/convert the char variable to a numeric variable.&nbsp; I just do not know what to insert in the input value where I am showing ??? Notice it shows as 13:08:09.&nbsp; Is there an informat to address this???</P> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:03:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Informat-to-convert-char-time-variable-to-numeric-time-variable/m-p/786257#M251006 Q1983 2021-12-16T04:03:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Informat-to-convert-char-time-variable-to-numeric-time-variable/m-p/786266#M251008 <P>Quite obvious: you want to read a time, and the length of the string is 8, so try TIME8.</P> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:44:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Informat-to-convert-char-time-variable-to-numeric-time-variable/m-p/786266#M251008 Kurt_Bremser 2021-12-16T06:44:49Z