DHMS Function
Returns a SAS datetime value from date, hour, minute,
and second values.
Syntax
Required Arguments
date
specifies a SAS expression
that represents a SAS date value.
Details
The DHMS function returns
a numeric value that represents a SAS datetime value. This numeric
value can be either positive or negative.
Example
The following SAS statements
produce these results:
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dtid=dhms('01jan03'd,15,30,15);
put dtid;
put dtid datetime.; |
1357054215
01JAN03:15:30:15 |
dtid2=dhms('01jan03'd,15,30,61);
put dtid2;
put dtid2 datetime.; |
1357054261
01JAN03:15:31:01 |
dtid3=dhms('01jan03'd,15,.5,15);
put dtid3;
put dtid3 datetime.; |
1357052445
01JAN03:15:00:45 |
The following SAS statements
show how to combine a SAS date value with a SAS time value into a
SAS datetime value. If you execute these statements on April 2, 2003
at the time of 15:05:02, it produces these results:
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day=date();
time=time();
sasdt=dhms(day,0,0,time);
put sasdt datetime.; |
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