DHMS

DHMS

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

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: specifies a SAS expression that represents an integer from 0 through 23.
minute: specifies a SAS expression that represents an integer from 0 through 59.
second: specifies a SAS expression that represents an integer from 0 through 59.

Examples

The following SAS statements produce these results:

SAS Statements Results

dtid=dhms('01jan89'd,15,30,15); put dtid / dtid datetime.;

915291015 01JAN89:15:30:15

SAS Statements	Results
dtid=dhms('01jan89'd,15,30,15); put dtid / dtid datetime.;	915291015 01JAN89:15:30:15

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 August 13, 1997 at the time of 15:55:50, it produces these results:

SAS Statements Result

day=date(); time=time(); sasdt=dhms(day,0,0,time); put sasdt datetime.;

13AUG97:15:55:50

See Also

SAS Statements	Result
day=date(); time=time(); sasdt=dhms(day,0,0,time); put sasdt datetime.;	13AUG97:15:55:50

Function:

HMS

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