DATETIME Function

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

Category: Date and Time

Syntax

DATETIME ()

Examples

This example returns a SAS value that represents the number of seconds between January 1, 1960 and the current time:

 when=datetime();  put when=; 

See Also

Functions:

• 'DATE Function' on page 481

• 'TIME Function' on page 855