filename with yyyymmddhhmmss

[AshokD]

Hi,

I want to create a out file along with yyyymmddhhmmss.

Could someone help on this ?

Example : filename_yyyymmddhhmmss.txt

[ballardw]

Where is the datetime value supposed to come from?

[Tom · Accepted solution]

The closest format I know to that is B8601DT, but it includes a T between the date and the time.  You could strip that out.

%let now = %sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(datetime(),b8601dt.),T));
filename want "/folders/myfolders/mydata_&now..txt";

[biopharma]

Just curious! Why do you need to store files this way? Could become a maintenance headache.