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kvpseshu
Calcite | Level 5

I am trying to read date and time into one variable which is in below format DD-MM-YYYY  HH:MM

eg: 18-08-2017  20:55

informat Modified_DateTime datetime.;
input Modified_DateTime  1-17;
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ballardw
Super User

Did you try the anydtdtm. informat?

 

data junk;

x="18-08-2017 20:55";

y=input(x, anydtdtm.);

format y datetime.;

run;

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

So, how is it going?

Given your code snippet, your informat doesn't match your source data.

Find a more appropriate format in the SAS informat documentation.

Data never sleeps
kvpseshu
Calcite | Level 5
I have tried finding possible informats but not successful
ballardw
Super User

Did you try the anydtdtm. informat?

 

data junk;

x="18-08-2017 20:55";

y=input(x, anydtdtm.);

format y datetime.;

run;

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