%let currdt=put(today(),yymmdd10.)

[hellind]

I run a script everyday. And the below variable assigned is changed everyday. I want to avoid manually changing.

%let currdt=20150708;

How to automate the variable assignment to today()? Using the minimal coding.

Something like this %let currdt=put(today(),yymmdd10.)?

If I use DATA _NULL_ then the variable can only be used inside the datastep. This variable will be used everywhere in script.

[hellind · Accepted solution]

data _NULL_;

  call symputx('currdt' ,put(today(), yymmddn8.));

  output;

run;

[MadhuKorni]

As you are not creating any dataset, there is no need to use output statement in the code.

data _NULL_;

  call symputx('currdt' ,put(today(), yymmddn8.));

run;

[Ksharp]

%let currdt=%sysfunc(today(),yymmdd10.) ;