Formatting a date in an output file.

[TylerB]

I have a date field that looks like this:

DATA _NULL _;             

  DT = TODAY();           

  FORMAT DT YYMMDDD10.;   

The Date is 2012-02-23.

How do I write that to a flat file so that my field looks like that?

Trying to do:

FILE OUTFILE;                                

PUT                                          

@001   DT                             $10. 

@011   ID                                10. 

But I don't quite have it.

Thanks,

Tyler

[art297 · Accepted solution]

Is this what you are looking for?:

DATA have;

  CREATEDATE = put(TODAY(),YYMMDD10.);

  id=1;

run;

data _null_;

  set have;

  FILE "c:\art\wantfile.txt";

  PUT @001   CREATEDATE  $10. @;

  put @011   ID 10.;

run;

[TylerB]

Thanks for the help, that did the trick!

Tyler

CREATEDATE = put(TODAY(),YYMMDD10.);

PUT @001 CREATEDATE $10.

;

Text file looks like this: 2012-02-23