Functions and CALL Routines

TODAY Function

Returns the current date as a numeric SAS date value.

Category:	Date and Time
Alias:	DATE

Syntax
Examples

Syntax

TODAY()

Details

The TODAY function produces the current date in the form of a SAS date value, which is the number of days since January 1, 1960.

Examples

These statements illustrate a practical use of the TODAY function:

data _null_;
   tday=today();
   if (tday-datedue)> 15 then
      do;
         put 'As of ' tday date9. ' Account #'
            account 'is more than 15 days overdue.';
      end;
run;

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