topic Re: Format date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss in SAS Procedures

Format date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

nicnad — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:47:23 GMT

Hi,

What is the SAS procedure to format a date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Also, if anyone knows, can we input that format directly into a sql query or we need to use a data step with format?

Thank you for your help and time.

Re: Format date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Florent — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:49:45 GMT

Hi,

If you want to apply such a format, your variable has to contain a datetime and not simply a date. Or you will have to define a default time value (or retrieve it from the system by using the "time()" fonction).

Kr,

Florent

Re: Format date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

AncaTilea — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:22 GMT

Hi.

proc sql;

create table want as

select date_time format = datetime. as new_date

from have;

quit;

Is this what you were looking for?

Good luck,

Anca.

Re: Format date to dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

nicnad — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:36:34 GMT

Thank you very much for those really quick replies.

AncaTilea answer was exactly what I needed.

Thank you both for your help.

Best Regards,

nicnad