topic Re: Format datetime() in ODS and Base Reporting

Format datetime()

ijm_wf — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:08:19 GMT

How can I get the current datetime() in a mm/dd/yyyy format?

PaigeMiller — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:15:23 GMT

Example:


data want;
    now=datetime();
    format now mdyampm16.;
run;

Ksharp — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:53:54 GMT

proc format;
picture fmt
 low-high='%0m/%0d/%0Y' (datatype=datetime);
run;
data want;
    now=datetime();
    format now fmt.;
run;