Returns the current date as a SAS date value
Category: Date and Time
Alias: DATE
TODAY ()
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.
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;