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Robert_
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,
I'm struggling with converting a string to a timestamp.
This is quite easy in normal Datastep, but not for me in DS2.
How would I have to modify the DS2 code so that I get the same result as in the normal datastep, CreationDate_n field.
Many thanks for your help!

data Testdaten;
    attrib
           CreationDate_c length= $40 
           CreationDate_n length= 8   format=DATETIME25.6;


    CreationDate_c='2023-09-14T07:07:41+02:00';
    CreationDate_n=input(CreationDate_c,ANYDTDTM.);

run;


proc ds2;
data _null_;

    dcl timestamp CreationDate having format DATETIME25.6;

    method run();
        set Testdaten;

            CreationDate= inputn(CreationDate_c,'ANYDTDTM.') ;

            put CreationDate=;

    end;
enddata;
run;
quit;
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JosvanderVelden
SAS Super FREQ

Have you investigated using functions?

Ex.

proc ds2;
data _null_; 
   dcl date ds2d having format YYMMDD10.;
   dcl time ds2t having format TIME18.9;
   dcl timestamp ds2dt having format DATETIME28.9;
   dcl double d t ts;
   method init();
      d = 19358;
      ds2d = to_date(d);
      ds2t = to_time(d);
      ds2dt = to_timestamp(d);
      put ds2d= ds2t= ds2dt=;
   end;
enddata;
run;
quit;

This doesn't solve the issue for converting the datetime string though. Sorry.

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