Formats

HHMMw.d Format

Writes time values as hours and minutes in the form hh:mm.

Category:	Date and Time
Alignment:	right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
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Examples
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Syntax

HHMMw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	5
Range:	2-20

d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the minutes value. The digits to the right of the decimal point specify a fraction of a minute. This argument is optional.

Default:	0
Range:	0-19
Requirement:	must be less than w

Details

The HHMMw.d format writes SAS time values in the form hh:mm, where

hh Note: If hh is a single digit, HHMMw.d places a leading blank before the digit. For example, the HHMMw.d. format writes 9:00 instead of 09:00.: is an integer.
mm: is the number of minutes that range from 00 through 59.

SAS rounds hours and minutes that are based on the value of seconds in a SAS time value.

The HHMM format uses asterisks to format values that are outside the time range 0-24 hours, such as datetime values.

Comparisons

The HHMMw.d format is similar to the TIMEw.d format except that the HHMMw.d format does not print seconds.

The HHMMw.d format writes a leading blank for a single-hour digit. The TODw.d format writes a leading zero for a single-hour digit.

Examples

The example table uses the input value of 46796, which is the SAS time value that corresponds to 12:59:56 p. m.

SAS Statement	Results
	----+----1
put time hhmm.;	13:00
put time hhmm8.2;	12:59.93

In the first example, SAS rounds up the time value four seconds based on the value of seconds in the SAS time value. In the second example, by adding a decimal specification of 2 to the format shows that fifty-six seconds is 93% of a minute.