topic Re: Getting error when i define macro variable in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166940#M43237 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the error?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:59:54 GMT stat_sas 2014-08-19T13:59:54Z Getting error when i define macro variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166939#M43236 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I get an error when I put in the following code:</P><P></P><P>%let year1 = %sysfunc(year("31DEC2012"D));</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:49:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166939#M43236 brophymj 2014-08-19T13:49:57Z Re: Getting error when i define macro variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166940#M43237 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the error?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:59:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166940#M43237 stat_sas 2014-08-19T13:59:54Z Re: Getting error when i define macro variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166941#M43238 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Indeed:</P><P>%let year1 = %sysfunc(year("31DEC2012"D));</P><P>%put &amp;year1.;</P><P></P><P>Seems to work fine.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:03:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Getting-error-when-i-define-macro-variable/m-p/166941#M43238 RW9 2014-08-19T14:03:27Z