Date:         Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:46:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Peter Crawford <peter@CRAWFORDSOFTWARE.DEMON.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Peter Crawford <peter@CRAWFORDSOFTWARE.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Four byte time informat
Comments: To: Rob@ROHRBOUGH-SYSTEMS.COM

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:11:52 -0600, Rob Rohrbough <Rob@ROHRBOUGH-
SYSTEMS.COM> wrote:

>In my wildest dreams, I would like to do the following:
>
>data _null_;
>  x = '1120';
>  y = input(x, hhmm4.);
>  put x= y=;
>run;
>
>SAS8 does not appear to have a four-character time format to input hours
and
>minutes, as in "hhmm4.", above.  Am I wrong?  There seems to be no "HHMM"
>format, and neither time4. nor time5. work on a value like "1120".
>
>Any suggestions other than cracking the silly thing myself?  (like
>translating it to "11:20")
>
>TIA,
>
>Rob
>
>

Would you consider a macro~function~ like
   y=  %time4(var) ;
where that macro %time4 does the tedious work of generating
 the substringing and inputting..... like

18   %macro time4(  var );
19   input( substr(&var,1,2) ||':'|| substr(&var,3,2), time5. )
20   %mend  time4 ;

21   data demo;
22        str = '1120';
23        time= %time4( str );
24     put (_all_)(=) time= time. ;
25   run;

str=1120 time=40800 time=11:20:00