Date:         Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:02:44 PDT
Reply-To:     TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM
Subject:      Re: problem with a time constant "changing"
Comments: To: AOWALSH@MURRAY.FORDHAM.EDU

John, This came up at WUSS recently.  The syntax 'nn:nn:nn't is
hours/minutes/seconds rather than hours/minutes/decimal minutes.  Your value of
14:41:86 should generate an error for 86 seconds (not 0.86 minutes), but instead
60 seconds get converted to a minute and 26 seconds remain.
 
Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard
TWB2@PGE.COM
Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
The correlation coefficient between their views and
my postings is slightly less than 0
----------------------[Reply - Original Message]----------------------
 
Sent by:"John F. Walsh" <AOWALSH@MURRAY.FORDHAM.EDU>
 Can anyone explain why the time values below change.
thanks
 1          data one;
 2          june='14:41:86't;
 3          june2='14:41:86't;
 4          diff=june-june2;
 6          put june = time9.2;
 7          put june2 = time9.2;
 8          put diff = time9.2;
 10         run;
 
 JUNE=14:42:26
 JUNE2=14:42:26
 DIFF=0:00:00.0
 
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