Hi data_null_;

Thanks for confirming my suspicion. And Thank You for the DHMS and the TIME10 format combo. The result of this combination is exactly what I wanted in the end.

Best regards,

Florio

At 12:01 PM 11/7/2007, data _null_, wrote: >As far as I know there is no INFORMAT for that purpose. You can do as >you suggest convert DAYS to seconds and add to time. DHMS can be used >for this purpose. > >81 data _null_; >82 infile cards dlm='d '; >83 input days time:time8.; >84 duration = dhms(max(0,days),0,0,time); >85 format time time8. duration time10.; >86 put (_all_)(=); >87 cards; > >days=2 time=6:30:20 duration=54:30:20 >days=. time=3:02:35 duration=3:02:35 >days=36 time=20:34:26 duration=884:34:26 > > >On Nov 7, 2007 10:42 AM, Florio Arguillas <foa2@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Do you know of a way to convert a time value that is in the following > > format: > > > > 2d 06:30:20 > > 03:02:35 > > 36d 20:34:26 > > > > > > to a SAS time value? I've been combing the documentation and I've found > > lots of info about how to convert to HH:MM:SS but nothing that will > > interpret the days (i.e. "2d") or anything that includes any time period > > larger than 24 hours. I am tempted to just split the day and time > > component and multiply the day component by 60*60*24 (the total number of > > seconds in a day) because this field is from a column-delimited (fixed > > width) data, but maybe there is a much simpler way. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Florio > >