TIMEw.

TIMEw.

Reads hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss.ss

Category: Date and Time

Syntax

TIMEw.

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	8
Range:	5-32

Time values must be in the form hh:mm:ss.ss, where

hh: is the number of hours that range from 00 through 23.
mm: is the number of minutes that range from 00 through 59.
ss.ss: is the number of seconds ranging from 00 through 59 with the fraction of a second following the decimal point.

Separate hh, mm, and ss.ss with a special character. If you do not enter a value for seconds, SAS assumes a value of 0.

The stored value is the total number of seconds in the time value.

input begin time10.;

Data Lines Results

----+----1----+

11:23:07.4

40987.4

Data Lines	Results
----+----1----+
11:23:07.4	40987.4

The TIME informat can read time values with AM or PM in the value.

input begin time8.;

Data Lines Results

----+----1----+

1:13 PM

47580.0

See Also

Data Lines	Results
----+----1----+
1:13 PM	47580.0