I have a file in Excel that I use to import the data into SAS.The format of the data in the Excel is this:
28-05-2014 10:21:20
27-05-2014 14:22:26
27-05-2014 11:36:33
27-05-2014 17:14:55
27-05-2014 10:34:56
27-05-2014 19:03:48
27-05-2014 14:30:56In SAS, the type is text, length is 19 and format is $19.I am using this column to admission date which looks like this 08JUL2013:08:22:00. Therefore I would like to convert the above datetime to this format 28MAY2014:10:21:20 or 28MAY2014:10:21:00Please let me know what I should do?THank you
Hey thank you the one by user24feb works.
Ideally you should fix it in the import step, perhaps by using usedate=yes and mixed=yes in your proc import step.
If not then you can convert it after importing it by using something like the following:
new_date=input(date, anydtdtm.)
data date_formats;
input date $50.;
cards;
28-05-2014:10:21:20
27-05-2014:14:22:26
27-05-2014:11:36:33
27-05-2014:17:14:55
27-05-2014:10:34:56
27-05-2014:19:03:48
27-05-2014:14:30:56
;
run;
data out;
set date_formats;
new_date=input(date,anydtdtm.); /*converting character to date format */
format new_date datetime18.; /* Printing the data into wanted format */
run;
And if you want a more specific informat to handle that timestamp layout, try
FINDFDT19.
For a more general search method (than asking onlin) have a look at paper
http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings14/1744-2014.pdf
Titled VFORMAT lets SAS(R) Do the Format Searching
where this informat is one of the results of a search
Hi Thank you. I tried your's but the day and the month got switched.
another try
(can't see whether you have 2 variables or 1, but) use DHMS:
Data A;
Input Text_DT $19.;
Datalines;
28-05-2014 10:21:20
27-05-2014 14:22:26
27-05-2014 11:36:33
27-05-2014 17:14:55
27-05-2014 10:34:56
27-05-2014 19:03:48
27-05-2014 14:30:56
;
Run;
Data B;
Set A;
DT=DHMS(Input(Scan(Text_Dt,1,' '),DDMMYY10.),Scan(Scan(Text_DT,2,' '),1,':'),Scan(Scan(Text_DT,2,' '),2,':'),Scan(Scan(Text_DT,2,' '),3,':'));
Format DT DateTime19.;
Run;
Hey thank you the one by user24feb works.
Please mark it as answered, for future users.
Vortex
did you try the findfdt19. Informat?
Data direct;
input timestamp findfdt19. ;
put timestamp= datetime. ;
Cards;
27-05-2014 14:30:56
;
"Solution" in this thread does not work.
A less complex function also works. For future reference.
DATA XX(DROP = DATE DATEVARIABLE);
SET DSN;
DATE = SUBSTR(DATEVARIABLE,1,10);
NEW_DT = INPUT(DATE, ANYDTDTE11.);
FORMAT NEW_DT MMDDYY8.;
RUN;
Hi,
I am using your code too. I have to read 2 dates and they are of the form 2015-10-01.
The first column works perfectly .However, the second column does not work and I am using the same code for both. Please help
data C;
input text_dt $19. text_dte $20.;
datalines;
2015-10-06 09:53:25 2015-10-07 07:51:01
;
run;
data C;
format actual_start actual_end datetime20.;
set C;
actual_start =dhms(input(scan(text_dt,1,' '),yymmdd10.),scan(scan(text_dt,2,' '),1,':'),
scan(scan(text_dt,2,' '),2,':'),scan(scan(text_dt,2,' '),3,':'));
actual_end =dhms(input(scan(text_dte,1,' '),yymmdd10.),scan(scan(text_dte,2,' '),1,':'),
scan(scan(text_dte,2,' '),2,':'),scan(scan(text_dte,2,' '),3,':'));
run;
ERROR :-
Hi,
Sorry for the confusion. I fixed this using colum delimiters as follows:-
data input_data;
input text_dt $ 1-19 text_dte $ 21-40;
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Rest of the code is same.
Thanks
Here's a neater solution.
num_datetime=input(text_datetime,anydtdtm23.); Format num_datetime DateTime23.3;
why did u used anydtdtm23. here?
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