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You are doing everything right by using a to_date function and specifying the time. The time is there in the database. The trouble is just that when you select a column of DATE datatype from the database, the default format mask doesn't show the time.If you issue a. alter session set nls_date_format = 'dd/MON/yyyy hh24:mi:ss'.ou are doing everything right by using a to_date function and specifying the time. The time is there in the database. The trouble is just that when you select a column of DATE datatype from the database, the default format mask doesn't show the time.
This might be an opportunity for documentation improvement. Re: PROC SQL - Insert date on Oracle table. A data value to me is either a numeric or character constant: 12345 or '12345' or a special sas constant like '01Jan2012'd for dates or datetimes like '01jan2012:00:00:00'dt. Of course you can also use macro variables as long as they resolve to a valid SAS constant.