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buechler66
Barite | Level 11

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
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Astounding
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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.

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Astounding
PROC Star

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
Barite | Level 11

That worked for me.  Thanks very much.

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