Functions and CALL Routines

DHMS Function

Returns a SAS datetime value from date, hour, minute, and second values.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax
Arguments
Examples
See Also

Syntax

DHMS(date,hour,minute,second)

Arguments

date: specifies a SAS expression that represents a SAS date value.
hour: is numeric.
minute: is numeric.
second: is numeric.

Details

The DHMS function returns a numeric value that represents a SAS datetime value. This numeric value can be either positive or negative.

Examples

The following SAS statements produce these results:

SAS Statements	Results
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

SAS Statements

Results

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:

SAS Statements	Result
day=date(); time=time(); sasdt=dhms(day,0,0,time); put sasdt datetime.;	02APR03:15:05:02