SAS Macro Dates and Libname

[MadMax]

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.

[RW9]

This should work:

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

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[MadMax]

@Kurt_Bremser @RW9 

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

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

Then you should determine the date like that:

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

[MadMax]

@Kurt_Bremser

Much appreciated!