The TIME
w. informat reads SAS time values in the form:
hh:mm:ss<.ss> <AM
| PM>:
hh
is an integer that
represents the number of hours.
:
represents a special
character that separates hours, minutes, and seconds.
mm
is an integer between
00 and 59 that represents minutes.
ss<.ss>
is an integer that
represents the number of seconds, and if needed, tenths of a second.
Seconds and tenths of a second must always be separated by a period.
AM | PM
AM indicates time between
12:00 midnight and 11:59 in the morning. PM indicates time between
12:00 noon and 11:59 at night.
Separate hh, mm, and ss with a special character.
When the period is used as the special character, the time is interpreted
in the order hours, minutes, and seconds. For example, 23.22 is 23
hours and 22 minutes, not 23 minutes and 22 seconds, or 23 seconds
and 22 tenths of a second.
If you do not enter
a value for seconds, SAS assumes a value of 0.
The stored value is
the total number of seconds in the time value.