DHMS Function

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

Category:	Date and Time
Returned data type:	DOUBLE

Syntax

DHMS(date, hour, minute, second)

specifies any valid expression that represents a SAS date value.

specifies a numeric expression that represents an integer from 1 through 12.

specifies a numeric expression that represents an integer from 1 through 59.

specifies a numeric expression that represents an integer from 1 through 59.

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

The following statements illustrate the DHMS function:

Statements	Results
select dhms(mdy(08,10,2016),5,10,15);	1786425015
select put(dhms(date'2016-08-10', 5,10,15),datetime18.);	10AUG16:05:10:15