Date:         Mon, 26 Jun 2000 18:35:39 GMT
Reply-To:     "John M. Wildenthal" <jmwildenthal@MY-DEJA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "John M. Wildenthal" <jmwildenthal@MY-DEJA.COM>
Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
Subject:      Re: How long a SAS program took to run

In article <5EBF4C59CC50D311832200A0C9771429040CEF6E@NTEXCH01>,
  wendy.watson@COVANCE.COM wrote:
> Does anyone have SAS code that will record how long a program took to
> run (in hours -- using DATE and TIME) and reports the information in
> the log?

untested code:

DATA _NULL_;
  CALL SYMPUT("stpstart",PUT(DATETIME(),20.));
RUN;

* your code ;

DATA _NULL_;
  tdiff = DATETIME() - &stpstart ;
  thr   = tdiff / 3600 ;
  PUT "Step used " thr " hours";
RUN;


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