converting times from character to 24-hour

[gzr2mz39]

I have times that are character fields in the format x:xx PM/AM, for example, 1:30 PM and 10:30 AM.

How can I convert these character fields into numeric fields that display 24-hour time? For example, change 1:00 PM to 13:00.

[Reeza]

Something along the lines of the following should work:

time_num=input(char_time, time12.);

format time_num time.;

[gzr2mz39]

This works. Thank you.

[Patrick]

You use a SAS INFORMAT to convert a character string to a SAS date or time or datetime value SAS(R) 9.3 Formats and Informats: Reference

You then apply a SAS FORMAT to this SAS date/time/datetime value so that it prints the way you want to.