problems with conversion time hhmm5.

[michtka]

Hi everyone, I've got a proble with the conversion in hours and minutes for the data 176.5...it is not converted properly,

any help? Thnaks in advance. V.

data have;

input hours 8.;

datalines;

0

176.5

1.25

2.5

3

;;;

run;

data want;

set have;

format time HHMM5.;

time = hours*3600;

run;

proc print; run;

[Amir · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try increasing your format width to HHMM6.

Regards,

Amir.