topic How do I put the current date into the name of a file to export? in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114219#M23521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to export a file in the format of abc_20120906.csv. How can I implement code so I don't need to hard code the date every time I run the pgm:</P><P>OUTFILE='''/depts/abc_<STRONG><EM>date variable name</EM></STRONG>..csv'''</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:22:25 GMT Mike7085 2012-09-06T20:22:25Z How do I put the current date into the name of a file to export? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114219#M23521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to export a file in the format of abc_20120906.csv. How can I implement code so I don't need to hard code the date every time I run the pgm:</P><P>OUTFILE='''/depts/abc_<STRONG><EM>date variable name</EM></STRONG>..csv'''</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:22:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114219#M23521 Mike7085 2012-09-06T20:22:25Z Re: How do I put the current date into the name of a file to export? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114220#M23522 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You would use a MACRO variable here, see Example 1 in the %SYSFUNC statement documentation</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:27:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114220#M23522 PaigeMiller 2012-09-06T20:27:15Z Re: How do I put the current date into the name of a file to export? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114221#M23523 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>worked as advertised. Thanks for the quick response!!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:03:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-do-I-put-the-current-date-into-the-name-of-a-file-to-export/m-p/114221#M23523 Mike7085 2012-09-06T21:03:04Z