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draroda
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

 

I have below data in character format.

 

Date                                                Time

20160824                                        0345

yymmdd8.                                      hhmm

 

I need new variable dtc as below.

 

2016-08-24T03:45:00 with format of is8601da. or is8601dt..

 

Please guide.

 

Regards,

Rajesh

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ballardw
Super User

If the value for your date is already a SAS date and the time a SAS time value then you can create the date time variable in a data step with:

 

dtc = dhms(date,0,0,time);

and assign the desired format.

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

If Date and Time are indeed character variables then

 

tm = input(Time, hhmmss4.);
dt = dhms(input(Date, yymmdd8.), hour(tm), minute(tm), second(tm));
format dt e8601dt19.;
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