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gauthy
Calcite | Level 5

Hai guys ,

                  I have a requirement , where i have to split time into hours , minutes and seconds .

For example : time is 12 : 40 :12 . I need it as 12 hrs, 40 min and 12 seconds. Kindly give me the syntax for this.

Thanks in advance.

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Steelers_In_DC
Barite | Level 11

Here you go:

data have;

format datetime datetime.;

datetime = today();

run;

data want;

set have;

date = datepart(datetime);

hour = hour(datetime);

min = minute(datetime);

sec = second(datetime);

run;

arodriguez
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello,

If your data is in character format, you always could use the SCAN function, with ":" as delimiter and select the position that you want

data want;

set have;

format WANT_var $20. hours minutes seconds $2.;

hours=scan(time,1,':');

minutes=scan(time,2,':');

seconds=scan(time,3,':');

WANT_var=hours||" hrs, "||minutes||" min and "||seconds||" seconds;

run;

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