Date:         Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:27:44 -0800
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From:         kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject:      Re: Dynamically Naming SAS Dataset with Today's Date
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              JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM on Wed, Dec 20,
              2000 at 05:58:04PM -0700
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mmddyy8.  would by Y2K (or Y2100) compliant.

on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 05:58:04PM -0700, Jack Hamilton (JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM) wrote:
> Something like this:
> 
> -----
> 1    data D%sysfunc(today(), mmddyy6.);
> 2       a = 1;
> 3       output;
> 4    run;
> 
> NOTE: The data set WORK.D122000 has 1 observations and 1 variables.
> -----
> 
> This uses the macro language, but not a macro.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
> Development Manager, Technical Group
> METRICS Department, First Health
> West Sacramento, California USA
> 
> 
> >>> <gregory.john.toland@CENSUS.GOV> 12/20/2000 4:40 PM >>>
> How does one have a dataset with the name of Today's Date?  If the program
> were run Today the dataset would be called CR122000.  If it were run
> tomorrow it would be called CR122100.  Is this possible with macros using
> %SYSFUNC?  It's been a year since my days of using the SAS MACRO Language.
> Any help/advise would be great.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> Gregory J Toland
> Sr. Systems Architect
> CHM, Inc.
> (301) 457-8058
> tolan002@census.gov

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