Hi there,
Can anyone helps me to calculate time difference between two macro vars?
%let STARTTIME =%sysfunc(time(),timeampm.);
%let CompletedTime =%sysfunc(time(),timeampm.);
data want;
Running_time=input(&CompletedTime,timeampm.)-input(&STARTTIME,timeampm.)
run;
Thanks
Sue
Hi @Suzy_Cat If you keep the macro vars as numbers rather than having a formmatted char value, the numeric computation is straigh forward i.e
%let STARTTIME =%sysfunc(time());
%let CompletedTime =%sysfunc(time());
data want;
Running_time=&CompletedTime-&STARTTIME;
run;
Hi @Suzy_Cat If you keep the macro vars as numbers rather than having a formmatted char value, the numeric computation is straigh forward i.e
%let STARTTIME =%sysfunc(time());
%let CompletedTime =%sysfunc(time());
data want;
Running_time=&CompletedTime-&STARTTIME;
run;
Cool, testing now
Cool, it worked perfectly
data want;
Running_time=&CompletedTime-&STARTTIME;
format Running_time tod9.;
run;
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