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Tal
Pyrite | Level 9 Tal
Pyrite | Level 9

morning guys,

time needs to be in this format hhmmss with length 6

is there a format that would bring my current time 8:42:00 to  a 084200?

Please advise

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data_null__
Jade | Level 19
proc format;
  
picture todx other='%0H%0M%0S' (datatype=time);
   run;
data _null_;
  
x = time();
   put x=tod. x=todx.;
  
run;

x=06:03:13 x=060313

Looking at the documentation I see that seconds with no decimal should be upper case S not lower case s which is for decimal seconds.  It may not make any difference but I would change to S.

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data_null__
Jade | Level 19
proc format;
  
picture todx other='%0H%0M%0S' (datatype=time);
   run;
data _null_;
  
x = time();
   put x=tod. x=todx.;
  
run;

x=06:03:13 x=060313

Looking at the documentation I see that seconds with no decimal should be upper case S not lower case s which is for decimal seconds.  It may not make any difference but I would change to S.

Message was edited by: data _null_

Tal
Pyrite | Level 9 Tal
Pyrite | Level 9

thanks data_null!

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