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Tal
Pyrite | Level 9 Tal
Pyrite | Level 9

hi guys,

as a  header record  i need to have the current date and time (hh:mm:ss) but no clue how to  do it. I know macros will do the job but any other way than it would be appreciated

DATA _NULL_;

FILE 'C.......txt';

IF _n_=1 THEN DO;

PUT  current date current time;

END;

SET mylib.cars nobs=numobs end=last ;

put _ALL_;

IF last THEN DO;

PUT 'THIS IS MY TRAILER RECORD';

END; run;

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

The &SYSDATE9 and &SYSTIME automatic macro variables will have the date and time that the SAS session started. You could also call the DATE() and TIME() functions or the DATETIME() function to get current time.  You can do that in macro language using %SYSFUNC().

data _null_;

  *file 'c.......txt';

  if _n_=1 then do;

    put  "HEADER: %sysfunc(date(),date9.) %sysfunc(time(),tod8.)" ;

  end;

  if eof then do;

     put 'TRAILER: ' nobs=;

  end;

  set sashelp.class nobs=nobs end=eof ;

  put (_all_) (:);

run;


HEADER: 17SEP2014 01:16:01

Alfred M 14 69 112.5

Alice F 13 56.5 84

Barbara F 13 65.3 98

Carol F 14 62.8 102.5

Henry M 14 63.5 102.5

James M 12 57.3 83

Jane F 12 59.8 84.5

Janet F 15 62.5 112.5

Jeffrey M 13 62.5 84

John M 12 59 99.5

Joyce F 11 51.3 50.5

Judy F 14 64.3 90

Louise F 12 56.3 77

Mary F 15 66.5 112

Philip M 16 72 150

Robert M 12 64.8 128

Ronald M 15 67 133

Thomas M 11 57.5 85

William M 15 66.5 112

TRAILER: nobs=19

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

data have;

dt=date();

tm=time();

format dt date9.;

format tm time.;

run;

Tal
Pyrite | Level 9 Tal
Pyrite | Level 9

thanks stat

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

The &SYSDATE9 and &SYSTIME automatic macro variables will have the date and time that the SAS session started. You could also call the DATE() and TIME() functions or the DATETIME() function to get current time.  You can do that in macro language using %SYSFUNC().

data _null_;

  *file 'c.......txt';

  if _n_=1 then do;

    put  "HEADER: %sysfunc(date(),date9.) %sysfunc(time(),tod8.)" ;

  end;

  if eof then do;

     put 'TRAILER: ' nobs=;

  end;

  set sashelp.class nobs=nobs end=eof ;

  put (_all_) (:);

run;


HEADER: 17SEP2014 01:16:01

Alfred M 14 69 112.5

Alice F 13 56.5 84

Barbara F 13 65.3 98

Carol F 14 62.8 102.5

Henry M 14 63.5 102.5

James M 12 57.3 83

Jane F 12 59.8 84.5

Janet F 15 62.5 112.5

Jeffrey M 13 62.5 84

John M 12 59 99.5

Joyce F 11 51.3 50.5

Judy F 14 64.3 90

Louise F 12 56.3 77

Mary F 15 66.5 112

Philip M 16 72 150

Robert M 12 64.8 128

Ronald M 15 67 133

Thomas M 11 57.5 85

William M 15 66.5 112

TRAILER: nobs=19

Tal
Pyrite | Level 9 Tal
Pyrite | Level 9

sweet!

thanks Tom

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