Sysfunc date

[Kiteulf]

%let begTrans = 
 %sysfunc(
  intnx(
   dtyear,              /* unit of time interval */
   %sysfunc(datetime()), /* function to get current datetime */
   -1 ,                   /* number of intervals, negative goes to the past */
   beginning                  /* alignment of interval date. "Same" is for same day of month/same time , "beginning" as start, end as ending*/
   )
  );
 %put &=begTrans;

why is just using the same, when I have written beginning ? I want it to keep 01Jan until we get to a new year then it will do the change

[Amir]

Hi @Kiteulf,

Whilst it is typically better to work with SAS dates, they are not very human readable. Have you tried formatting (e.g., datetime20.) the value by using a second argument to %sysfunc() as below?

%let begTrans = 
 %sysfunc(
  intnx(
   dtyear,              /* unit of time interval */
   %sysfunc(datetime()), /* function to get current datetime */
   -1 ,                   /* number of intervals, negative goes to the past */
   beginning                  /* alignment of interval date. "Same" is for same day of month/same time , "beginning" as start, end as ending*/
   )
   ,datetime20.
  );
 %put &=begTrans;

This gives the following in the log:

BEGTRANS=01JAN2021:00:00:00

Kind regards,

Amir.

[PaigeMiller]

I'm not sure I see anything working incorrectly here.

%let begTrans = 
 %sysfunc(
  intnx(dtyear,%sysfunc(datetime()),-1,beginning)
  );
 %put &=begTrans %sysfunc(putn(&begtrans,datetime16.));

Results in:

BEGTRANS=1925078400 01JAN21:00:00:00

which is correct.

Next year, when the date is 08FEB2023, I get

%let nextyear=%sysevalf('08FEB2023:00:00:00'dt);
%let begTrans = 
 %sysfunc(
  intnx(dtyear,&nextyear,-1,beginning)
  );
 %put &=begTrans %sysfunc(putn(&begtrans,datetime16.));

the result is

BEGTRANS=1956614400 01JAN22:00:00:00

which is also correct.