DATETIME Function

Returns the current date and time of day as a SAS datetime value.

Category: Date and Time
Returned data type: DOUBLE
Syntax
Comparisons
Example
See Also

Syntax

DATETIME( )

Comparisons

The DATETIME function does not take any arguments. The SAS datetime value returned is the number of seconds from January 1, 1960 to the current date and time.

Example

The following statement illustrates the DATETIME function:
Statements
Results
 
select datetime();
 
1801740200.7
 
select put(datetime(),datetime18.);
 
03FEB17:11:23:21

See Also

Concepts:
Dates and Times in FedSQL
Functions:
DATE Function
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