Today() Function

[buechler66]

I'm trying to write the current datetime to my log when my program ends. I'm obviously not getting my expected result. Any ideas where I'm going wrong here?

data _null_;
   dt_stamp = today();
   PUT 'Progam Stopped: ' dt_stamp datetime20.;
run;

Progam Stopped:   01JAN1960:05:45:32

[Astounding · Accepted solution]

Back to the future!

The TODAY() function doesn't return a date-time value.  It just returns a date.  You could switch to DATETIME() instead.

[buechler66]

That worked for me.  Thanks very much.