Date:         Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:28:06 -0600
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From:         "Marks, Jim" <Jim.Marks@lodgenet.com>
Subject:      Re: Extracting Time
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If your variable is an SPSS datetime format:

COMPUTE timepart = xdate.time(start_time).
FORMAT timepart (time6).

This will give you the time formatted as hh:mm.

I don't think 1:30 is a valid format for 1:30 pm in SPSS-- you could
create a string to look like that, but I'm not sure if that would help.

Jim Marks
Director of Market Research
x 1616


-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Keval Khichadia
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:01 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Extracting Time

Hi,

I have a variable Start_Time that includes the date and time of the
starting time of a class. All values are in the format
(10-OCT-2008 13:50:00). I would like to create a new variable that keeps
only the time part and also format the time so that 13:50 would be 1:50.

Thanks in advance,

Keval

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