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KubiK888
Calcite | Level 5

I have a column with HH:MM in a string format, I would like it to be converted into HHMw.d time format.

 

In EG, I go to Query Builder and advanced expression with "INPUT(t1.time_v2, HHMMw.)", it created a new variable but they are all missing (.).

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Reeza
Super User

@KubiK888 wrote:
Thanks, but it turns it into 5-digit number. For example "7:57" into 28620.

That's likely correct. Now you need to apply a format to it as well, TIME. 

 

SAS stores times as the number of seconds and dates as the number of days. 

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collinelliot
Barite | Level 11

Are you actually putting "w" as the length? That should actually be a number or potentially nothing. You're not getting any kind of note or error?

KubiK888
Calcite | Level 5

I am not getting any error. But there is note: Invalid string for 

 

234 t1.time_v2,
235 /* time_v3 */
236 (INPUT(t1.time_v2, HHMM.)) AS time_v3
237 FROM WORK.QUERY_FOR_UNDERSTANDI_0003 t1;

 

And with and without "w" doesn't make a difference, just create a new column with all empty value.

Reeza
Super User

Are you sure it's a string format? Can you show a proc contents and a few values?

ballardw
Super User

Try TIME5. instead of HHMMw. if you only have hour and minutes.

HHMMw. is a display format, not an informat.

 

I would expect an error similar to this:

355  data junk;
356     time_v2 = "12:34";
357     tt =INPUT(time_v2, HHMM.);
                           -----
                           485
NOTE 485-185: Informat HHMM was not found or could not be loaded.

358  run;
KubiK888
Calcite | Level 5
Thanks, but it turns it into 5-digit number. For example "7:57" into 28620.
Reeza
Super User

@KubiK888 wrote:
Thanks, but it turns it into 5-digit number. For example "7:57" into 28620.

That's likely correct. Now you need to apply a format to it as well, TIME. 

 

SAS stores times as the number of seconds and dates as the number of days. 

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