topic Full date from datetime value eg, Friday, 16DEC2011:09:30 in SAS Programming

Full date from datetime value eg, Friday, 16DEC2011:09:30

slolay — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:53:31 GMT

I would like to produce a macro variable containing the start date and time a program was run. This will be used to add to the final report produced by the program

I am currently using:

/* create report start datetime macro variable */

data _null_;

call symput('repstdttm',put(datetime(),datetime14.));

put "SAS program started: &repstdttm. ";

run;

this gives me

16DEC11:09:30 but I would like to get:

Friday 16DEC2011:09:30

Is this possible using a format?

I know there is the &sysday automatic variable but this is when the SAS session was started I believe. The way above should give me the time the datastep was executed

Thanks in advance

Steve

Full date from datetime value eg, Friday, 16DEC2011:09:30

art297 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:37:56 GMT

You could always just roll your own. e.g.:

/* create report start datetime macro variable */

data _null_;

want=catx(" ",put(today(),downame.),put(datetime(),datetime.));

call symput('repstdttm',want);

run;

%put SAS program started: &repstdttm.;

Re: Full date from datetime value eg, Friday, 16DEC2011:09:30

FriedEgg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:45:55 GMT

proc format;

picture dowdt other='%A %0d%b%Y:%0H:%0M (datatype=datetime);

quit;

%let repstddttm=%sysfunc(datetime(),dowdt.);

Full date from datetime value eg, Friday, 16DEC2011:09:30

slolay — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:47:28 GMT

Thanks Guys!!!!