Date:         Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:24:50 +0200
Reply-To:     "Hellriegel, Gerhard" <Gerhard.Hellriegel@TELEKOM.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Hellriegel, Gerhard" <Gerhard.Hellriegel@TELEKOM.DE>
Subject:      Re: datetime error while appending view type file.
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Did you try another width? E.g. 21, 16, 13 ??


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> -----Urspr> üngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Vincent Girard [SMTP:v__girard@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Gesendet am:  Dienstag, 25. April 2000 17:55
> An:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Betreff:      datetime error while appending view type file.
>
> dear SAS-ler...
> While importing data formated as dd-mm-yy hh:mn in Exel with the following
> statment
> .......
> assign=no;
> format var1 datetime18.;
> rename var0=Ech_no var1=datetime ;
> CREATE WORK.ech_no.view;SELECT ALL;
> ......
> data temp;set ech_no;
> .....
> I got
> ERROR: Width specified for format DATETIME is invalid.
> any help? thanks a lot