I have a date/time character string that looks like this:
02OCT07:2240
03APR07:1825
02OCT07:2240
I need some help converting this into a datetime sas format. I think some combination of input and scan?
Help is appreciated!
There are many way you can do, just apply which one fits your needs. Here another way for your queston:
DATA test;
FORMAT DATE DATETIME14.;
DATE_CHAR='02OCT07:2240';
DATE=INPUT(CATX(":",SUBSTR(DATE_CHAR,1,10),SUBSTR(DATE_CHAR,11)),DATETIME14.);
RUN;
Did you try INPUT with the ANYDTDTM. informat?
Read the input variable as a string, split it and then convert it to sas date/time variables.
See next code example:
data dtime;
string = '02OCT07:2240';
date = input(scan(string,1,':'), date7.);
hh = input(substr(string,9,2),2.);
mm = input(substr(string,11,2),2.);
dtime = dhms(date,hh,mm,0);
format date date9. /* check also ddmmyy10. */
dtime datetime15.;
run;
check the result of above code and adapt it to your needs.
There are many way you can do, just apply which one fits your needs. Here another way for your queston:
DATA test;
FORMAT DATE DATETIME14.;
DATE_CHAR='02OCT07:2240';
DATE=INPUT(CATX(":",SUBSTR(DATE_CHAR,1,10),SUBSTR(DATE_CHAR,11)),DATETIME14.);
RUN;
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