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Hugo_B
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

I have formated a DATETIME:

 

 

DATA _null_;
now = datetime();
format now e8601dt19.;
put now=;
run;

 

 

Now I would like to store the formatted date time in a macrovariable as text such that when  I call the following:

%put &DATETIME;

I get:

2019-05-20T12:23:04;

Do you have any idea about how to do that ?

Thank you

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

One way

 

DATA _null_;
now = datetime();
format now e8601dt19.;
call symputx('now', put(now, e8601dt19.));
put now=;
run;

%put &now.;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

One way

 

DATA _null_;
now = datetime();
format now e8601dt19.;
call symputx('now', put(now, e8601dt19.));
put now=;
run;

%put &now.;

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