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Fae
Obsidian | Level 7 Fae
Obsidian | Level 7

I want to create a datetime variable with numeric date and char time show below.  Would anyone please help.

 

Date variable (Numeric) :   20200423

Time variable (String):         14:21:17.7100000

 

Thanks,

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Did you mean FROM instead of WITH?

A date value is a number of days since 1960.  A time value is number of seconds since midnight. A datetime value is a number of seconds since 1960.  To build a datetime value from a date and time value use the DHMS() function. Day,Hours,Minutes,Seconds.

datetime=dhms(date,0,0,time);

To convert you string into a time value using the TIME informat.

time=input(string,time20.);

Your number does NOT look like a date, unless you have attached the YYMMDD8. format (or one of the other date type formats that display dates in that pattern).  The number 20,200,423 would be in the year 57,265.  SAS formats only work with 4 digit years.

So you probably need to first convert that number into an actual date.

date=input(put(number,z8.),yymmdd8.);

So putting them together you get:

data want;
  set have;
  datetime=dhms(input(put(number,z8.),yymmdd8.),0,0,input(string,time20.));
  format datetime datetime20.;
run;

Make sure you attach a datetime type format to your new variable so the values print in way that humans will recognize.

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Did you mean FROM instead of WITH?

A date value is a number of days since 1960.  A time value is number of seconds since midnight. A datetime value is a number of seconds since 1960.  To build a datetime value from a date and time value use the DHMS() function. Day,Hours,Minutes,Seconds.

datetime=dhms(date,0,0,time);

To convert you string into a time value using the TIME informat.

time=input(string,time20.);

Your number does NOT look like a date, unless you have attached the YYMMDD8. format (or one of the other date type formats that display dates in that pattern).  The number 20,200,423 would be in the year 57,265.  SAS formats only work with 4 digit years.

So you probably need to first convert that number into an actual date.

date=input(put(number,z8.),yymmdd8.);

So putting them together you get:

data want;
  set have;
  datetime=dhms(input(put(number,z8.),yymmdd8.),0,0,input(string,time20.));
  format datetime datetime20.;
run;

Make sure you attach a datetime type format to your new variable so the values print in way that humans will recognize.

LeonidBatkhan
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi Fae,

 

You can do it like this:

 

data _null_;
   date = 20200423;
   time = '14:21:17.7100000';

   date1 = input(put(date,8.),yymmdd8.);
   put date1= date9.;

   time1 = input(time,time16.7);
   put time1= time16.7;

   dt = date1*60*60*24 + time1;
   put dt=datetime24.7;
run;

Or combining all steps together:

 

data _null_;
   date = 20200423;
   time = '14:21:17.7100000';

   dt = input(put(date,8.),yymmdd8.)*84400 + input(time,time16.7);
   put dt=datetime24.7;
run;

Hope this helps.

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