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ccaudillo100
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

 

Currently in a file the Created Date format is  ddmmmyyyy:hh:mm:ss (ex 11JUL2022:23:49:55). 

 

First we change the format to date9. and then we are deleting any incoming information using 

 

Data Miles1;
Set Miles;
if CreatedDate1 >= (today()) then delete;

run;

 

 

What I would like to do is not change to date9 but instead leave it the way it is and then delete from a certain time on the current day.

 

Example 

 

if CreatedDate1 >= (today at 01:00:00)

 

I am just not sure how to do that in sas since the file we are deleting form is a continually updating one with data coming in all day. 

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Might be faster to use a WHERE, especially if the source is some external database.

data Miles1;
  set Miles;
  where CreatedDate1 < "%sysfunc(today(),date9.):01:00:00"dt ;
run;

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ballardw
Super User

You can create a datetime value from a date plus hour minute and seconds with the DHMS function.

 

DHMS(today(),12,0,0) for example creates a date time value of today at hour 12.

I am afraid that "today at 01:00:00" is ambiguous as you did not supply AM/PM information. AM would b

DHMS(today(),1,0,0). 1 PM is hour 13, so DHMS(today(),13,0,0);

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Might be faster to use a WHERE, especially if the source is some external database.

data Miles1;
  set Miles;
  where CreatedDate1 < "%sysfunc(today(),date9.):01:00:00"dt ;
run;
ccaudillo100
Obsidian | Level 7
Thank you! This worked quick and perfectly!

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