I have a numeric version of datetime, like13DEC2021:10:28:00. I would like to convert it to character format like yyyy-mm-dd:hh:mm. Thanks for your help
proc format;
picture dtpic
other='%Y-%0m-%0d %0H:%0M:%0S' (datatype=datetime)
;
run;
data a;
a = datetime();
length b $30.;
b = put(a, dtpic.);
format a dtpic.;
run;
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