I may be a NLS "feature". There is NLTIME that produces leading zero, but does not like width 5.

84 proc format; 85 picture ztime low-high='%0H:%0M' (DATATYPE=TIME); NOTE: Format ZTIME has been output. 86 run;

87 data _null_; 88 x = '05:45't; 89 put (3*x) (=time5. =ztime. =nltime.); 90 run;

x=5:45 x=05:45 x=05:45:00

On 9/3/08, Ed Heaton <EdHeaton@westat.com> wrote: > Gerhard; > > I don't get it! > > 1 Data _null_ ; > 2 Do x= "16:20"t , "2:27"t , "6:18"t ; > 3 Put x time5. / x time8. / ; > 4 End ; > 5 Run ; > > 16:20 > 16:20:00 > > 2:27 > 2:27:00 > > 6:18 > 6:18:00 > NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): > real time 0.20 seconds > cpu time 0.00 seconds > > Where are the leading zeros? > > Ed > > Edward Heaton, Senior Systems Analyst, > Westat (An Employee-Owned Research Corporation), > 1650 Research Boulevard, TB-286, Rockville, MD 20850-3195 > Voice: (301) 610-4818 Fax: (301) 294-2085 > mailto:EdHeaton@Westat.com http://www.Westat.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerhard Hellriegel > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:44 AM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: Picture format > > > you don't need any user-format for that, TIME does exactly that, but only for time-variables (numeric). Gerhard > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:24:56 -0500, ./ ADD NAME=Data _null_, <iebupdte@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > >From the documentation... > >Any directive that generates numbers can produce a leading zero, if > >desired, by adding a 0 before the directive. This applies to %d, %H, > >%I, %j, %m, %M, %S, %U, and %y. For example, if you specify %y in the > >picture, then 2001 would be formatted as '1', but if you specify %0y, > >then 2001 would be formatted as '01'. > > > > > > > >On 9/3/08, Learner <pradev@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a time variable with hours and minutes for example, 16:20, > >> 2:27, 6:18 etc. I want to add zero if the length of the time variable > >> is less than 5 like 02:27. Please let me know how to do this by using > >> the picture format. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Learner > >> >