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mcook
Quartz | Level 8

This code:

 

data _null_;
    thisdate=today();
    rptdate = (today()+1);
    if (thisdate<rptdate) then put "WARNING: future RPTDATE.  " rptdate=;
run;

generates this warning

 

 

WARNING: future RPTDATE.  rptdate=23598         .

Is there a way to get the rptdate output in the warning to the log, to appear with a date format?

like this:

WARNING: future RPTDATE.   rptdate=10AUG2024

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

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A_Kh
Barite | Level 11

data _null_;
thisdate=today();
rptdate = (today()+1);
format rptdate date9.;
if (thisdate<rptdate) then put "WARNING: future RPTDATE. rpdate=" rptdate;
run;

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A_Kh
Barite | Level 11

data _null_;
thisdate=today();
rptdate = (today()+1);
format rptdate date9.;
if (thisdate<rptdate) then put "WARNING: future RPTDATE. rpdate=" rptdate;
run;

mcook
Quartz | Level 8

Bah.  I'm an idiot.  Thank you.

ballardw
Super User

Or just add the forma to the PUT statement:

data _null_;
    thisdate=today();
    rptdate = (today()+1);
    if (thisdate<rptdate) then put "WARNING: future RPTDATE.  " rptdate= date9.;
run;

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