Date:         Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:29:29 +0000
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: recent posting of an undocumented SAS format
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Nat:
Peter Crawford comments on chapter-Autoexec
included this note:

> Undocumented convenience worth mentioning:
> the format to present time and date
> as on the regular titles is built-in as format TWMDY. E.G demo
> Footnote "running at %now(fmt=twmdy)";
> Or (should you not have %now to hand ;-)
> Footnote "running at \%sysfunc( datetime(), twmdy.)";

Ron Fehd   author:  A SAS(R) Companion, a Work in Progress
... ongoing since First (Very) Rough Draft of 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu]
> On Behalf Of Nat Wooding
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:19 PM
> To: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
> Subject: recent posting of an undocumented SAS format
>
> Friends, Nerds, and Fellow Coders
>
>
>
> Sometime in the past several weeks, I recall someone posting an
> undocumented format that, if memory serves, produces the standard SAS
> date and time that appears by default on printed pages. I have looked
> through my email and checked the archives but I have not been able to
> identify the posting. Does anyone recall this or will the O.P. please fess up
> and repost it. I would like to add it to TS486 if it is not already there.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Nat Wooding