I am using this code, which was originally generated in terms of the data formats using an import task:
DATA Bla;
LENGTH
Timestamp 8 ;
FORMAT
Timestamp DATETIME18. ;
INFORMAT
Timestamp DATETIME18. ;
INFILE "&BaseFolder.&FileName2."
ENCODING="LATIN9"
TERMSTR=CRLF
DLM='09'x
MISSOVER
DSD
firstobs=2;
INPUT
Timestamp : ?? ANYDTDTM19. ;
RUN;
Unfortunately, I now get errors and funny entries like this:
******************
for source data like this:
31/05/2016 00:00:00
Can someone please advice how to potentially adjust the above formats? Thanks!
No problem, when using anydtdtm. instead of anydtdtm19.:
data work.forum; a = '31/05/2016 00:00:00'; b = input(a, anydtdtm.); format b DATETIME18.; run;
I'd read it into a character variable, convert the date and time parts separately (substr() and input() functions), and put together with result = date * 86400 + time.
No problem, when using anydtdtm. instead of anydtdtm19.:
data work.forum; a = '31/05/2016 00:00:00'; b = input(a, anydtdtm.); format b DATETIME18.; run;
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