NLTIME Function
Converts the SAS time or the datetime value to the
time value of the specified locale by using the NLTIME descriptors.
Syntax
NLTIME(time|datetime,descriptor,startpos)
Required Arguments
- time
-
specifies a SAS time
value.
- datetime
-
specifies a SAS datetime
value.
- descriptor
-
is a variable, or expression,
that specifies the value of a descriptor. You can enter the following
descriptors in uppercase or lowercase:
- #
-
removes the leading
zero from the result.
- %%
-
specifies the % character.
- %H
-
specifies the hour
descriptor that is based on a 24-hour clock. The range for the hour
descriptor is 00–23.
- %I
-
specifies the hour
descriptor that is based on a 12-hour clock. The range for the hour
descriptor is 01–12.
- %M
-
specifies the minute
modifier. The range for the minute descriptor is 00–59.
- %P
-
specifies the a.m.
or p.m. descriptor.
- %S
-
specifies the second
descriptor. The range for the second descriptor is 00–59.
- startpos
-
is an integer that
specifies the position at which the search should start and that specifies
the direction of the search.
Details
The NLTIME
function converts a SAS time or datetime value to the time value of
the specified locale by using the time descriptors.
Example
The following
example shows an a.m. or p.m. time that is created from a SAS time.
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time_ampm=nltime('12:39:43't,'%i%p'); |
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time_ampm=nltime('12:39:43't,'%i%p'); |
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