topic Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname in SAS Programming

SAS Macro Dates and Libname

MadMax — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:35:11 GMT

I need help with the following. Im not a SAS guru. Im in the process of building automated SAS runs, the SAS code need to autoupdate the libname with the current month's date (however the day will ALWAYS be the 7th).

the libname should look like this this month:

libname mylib 'C:\Users\folder1\Folder2\2017-06-07'

next month:

libname mylib 'C:\Users\folder1\Folder2\2017-07-07'

the month after that

libname mylib 'C:\Users\folder1\Folder2\2017-08-07'

I struggle with this , please assist.

Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname

RW9 — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:52:48 GMT

This should work:

data _null_;
  call symputx('D',put(intnx('month',today(),0,'b'),yymmdd10.));
run;
libname mylib 'C:\Users\folder1\Folder2\&d.';

Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:06:48 GMT

Just what @RW9 suggested, but with one little caveat:

libname mylib "C:\Users\folder1\Folder2\&d.";

Note the double quotes, single quotes would prevent the resolution of the macro variable.

Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname

MadMax — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:15:53 GMT

@Kurt_Bremser @RW9

Thank you for the quick responses, i still struggle with the hardcoding of the 7th day in the same question.

Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:20:36 GMT

Then you should determine the date like that:

data _null_;
mydate = input(put(today(),yymmn6.) !! '07',yymmdd8.);
call symput('d',put(mydate,yymmddd10.));
run;

Re: SAS Macro Dates and Libname

MadMax — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:29:48 GMT

@Kurt_Bremser

Much appreciated!