DATE Function

Returns the current date as a SAS date value.

Syntax

DATE( )

The DATE function has no arguments.

The DATE function does not take any arguments. The SAS date value returned is the number of days from January 1, 1960 to the current date.

For more information about how FedSQL handles dates, see Dates and Times in FedSQL.

The following statement illustrates the DATE function:

Statements	Results
select date();	19611