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kevinjin
Calcite | Level 5

I'm trying to convert the character variable '201803120520' into datetime.

need help. 

 

Thanks

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

Check the informats starting with "any", maybe one of them can convert the char-value.

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

The ANYDTTME informat should work.

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Paige Miller
SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi,

You need to do some conversion Like:

data want;
Format Date_Val datetime26.;
Char='201803120520';
Date_Val=INPUT(CATS(SUBSTR(Char,1,8),"T",SUBSTR(Char,9),"00"),B8601DT15.);
run;

 

Thanks,
Suryakiran

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