UTC time values specify
a time and a time zone based on the zero meridian in Greenwich, England.
The B8601TZ informat reads time values that are specified in the following
ISO 8601 basic time notations:
is a two-digit hour
(zero padded) between 00 and 23.
is a two-digit minute
(zero padded) between 00 and 59.
is a two-digit second
(zero padded) between 00 and 59.
are optional fractional
seconds, with a precision of up to six digits, where each digit is
between 0 and 9.
is an hour and minute
signed offset from zero meridian time. Note that the offset must be
+|–hhmm (that is, +
or – and four characters).
Use + for time zones
east of the zero meridian, and use – for time zones west of
the zero meridian. For example, +0200 indicates a two-hour time difference
to the east of the zero meridian, and –0600 indicates a six-hour
time difference to the west of the zero meridian.
Restriction: The shorter form +|–
hh is not supported.
indicates that the
time is for zero meridian (Greenwich, England) or +0000 UTC time.
When SAS reads a UTC
time by using the B8601TZ informat and the adjusted time is greater
than 240000 or less than 000000, SAS adjusts the time value so that
the time is between 000000 and 240000. For example, if SAS reads the
UTC time 234344–0500 using the B8601TZ informat, SAS adds five
hours to the time so that the value is 284344, and then makes the
time adjustment. The value stored represents the time 044344+0000.