sysdate and systime

[Tal]

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;

[stat_sas]

data have;

dt=date();

tm=time();

format dt date9.;

format tm time.;

run;

[Tal]

thanks stat

[Tom · Accepted solution]

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]

sweet!

thanks Tom