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zimcom
Pyrite | Level 9

Dear community,

 I have a read in date and time field as below

XNDATXNTIM
Jun 7 2015 12:00AM17:53:00

of which XNDAT is 'Text ' and XNTIM as 'Num'

 

How can I combine them into a long SAS datetime

 

Your help is greatly appreciated and thank you

 

new SAS learner

zimcom 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data w;
k='Jun 7 2015 12:00AM';
k1='17:53:00't;
k2=input(k,anydtdte20.);
k3=dhms(k2,0,0,0)+k1;
format  k3 datetime20.;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data w;
k='Jun 7 2015 12:00AM';
k1='17:53:00't;
k2=input(k,anydtdte20.);
k3=dhms(k2,0,0,0)+k1;
format  k3 datetime20.;
run;
zimcom
Pyrite | Level 9

It works perfect, you are the best!

 

Thank you so much!!

 

zimcom

zimcom
Pyrite | Level 9

one more quetion, how to deal with these data below, combine then into one SAS long date? 

 

XTDATXTTIM
Jun 7 2015 12:00AM1/1/0001 6:15:00 PM

 

Thank you!

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data w;
k='Jun 7 2015 12:00AM';
k1='1/1/0001 6:15:00 PM';
k2=input(k,anydtdte20.);
k3=input(k1,anydtdtm21.);
k4=dhms(k2,0,0,0)+timepart(k3);
format k2 date9. k3 k4 datetime20.;
run;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

slight correction to the above:

 

data w;
k='Jun 7 2015 12:00AM';
k1='1/1/0001 6:15:00 PM';
k2=input(k,anydtdtm21.);
k3=input(k1,anydtdtm21.);
k4=k2+timepart(k3);
format k2 date9. k3 k4 datetime20.;
run;
zimcom
Pyrite | Level 9

you are absolutely awesome and helpful!!

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