| Datetime and Time Formats |
Table 4.4 lists some of the available SAS datetime and time formats. For each format, the example shows the formatted value. The value of the variable dt is '17OCT91:14:25:32'DT. You can specify the width of each format by adding w. For formats that allow a decimal value, you can specify the number of decimal digits by adding d.
Format |
Value and |
Width |
Default |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Example |
Description |
Range |
Width |
|
DATETIMEw.d |
dt |
ddmonyy:hh:mm:ss.ss |
7–40 |
16 |
17OCT91:14:25:32 |
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DTWKDATXw. |
dt |
day-of-week, dd month yyyy |
3–37 |
29 |
Thursday, 17 October 1991 |
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HHMMw.d |
TIMEPART(dt) |
Hour and minute: |
2–20 |
5 |
14:26 |
hh:mm.mm |
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HOURw.d |
TIMEPART(dt) |
Hour: hh.hh |
2–20 |
2 |
14 |
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MMSSw.d |
HMS(0,MINUTE(dt),SECOND(dt)) |
Minutes and seconds: |
2–20 |
5 |
25:32 |
mm:ss.ss |
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TIMEw.d |
TIMEPART(dt) |
Time of day: hh:mm:ss.ss |
2–20 |
8 |
14:25:32 |
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TODw.d |
dt |
Time of day: hh:mm:ss.ss |
2–20 |
8 |
14:25:32 |