sas informat datetime

Question

Can anyone advise on the appropriate SAS informat to read in a datetime (dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm) ???

eg

data _null_;
informat from_dt datetime????.;
input         


        

Answer 1

The anydt* family of informats do work, usually.

data _null_;
  from_dt = input("01/01/1960 00:00", anydtdtm.);
  put from_dt= :datetime20.;
run;
/* on log
from_dt=01JAN1960:00:00:00
*/