Date:         Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:36:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Dwight Eggers <Dwight.Eggers@ERICSSON.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Dwight Eggers <Dwight.Eggers@ERICSSON.COM>
Organization: Ericsson Data Services Americas
Subject:      Re: Clearing "&sysdate" "&systime" ?
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These settings are based on when the SAS process was initiated, not
when the step actually executed.

You can use the %sysfunc function to get the current date/time.

Replace
  &sysdate
with
  %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(date()),date9.))

Replace
  &systime
with
  %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(time()),time8.))

The inside %sysfunc evaluates the SAS function.  The outside %sysfunc is
needed for the putn function.  You can play around with any combination
of functions and formats.

This works for me.
clannad@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Hi SaS-L er's
> I am running a series of reports (SAS /Windows) that have &systime and
> &sysdate in the titles. I keep getting the same time and date from my
> first call of these macro variables. How do I CLEAR them to relect the
> ACTUAL time and date for each successive report?
>
> I had tried to put the &sysdate &systime in a macro var
> (i.e _time=&sysdate) bu that doesn't work.
>
> Work Around?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Clannad
>
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