Date:         Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:47:53 +0500
Reply-To:     Winston Groenewald <winston.groenewald@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Winston Groenewald <winston.groenewald@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: recover "MINUTES EXECUTION TIME"
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ash007,

This gives you the execution time in minutes:

%let EXEC_START=%sysfunc(datetime());
%*====== Your program =======;
%let EXEC_END=%sysfunc(datetime());
%let EXEC_TIME=%sysevalf(%sysfunc(sum(&EXEC_END,-&EXEC_START))/60);
%put &EXEC_TIME;

Winston

On Dec 10, 2007 7:42 PM, Michael Raithel <michaelraithel@westat.com> wrote:

> Dear SAS-L-ers,
>
> ash007 posted the following:
>
> > i m working with mvs, i m launching some job on it and I want
> > to recover the MINUTES EXECUTION TIME on SAS. Is it possible
> > to do it because this information is on the log in MVS.
> >
> ash007, hey, I didn't know that they issued the double-O numbers to SAS
> programmers, too!  I guess that gives you a license to kill... SAS batch
> jobs:-)
>
> Along with the good advice that you already got, you may want to check
> out a source of much, much more detailed performance information about
> your SAS jobs.  See my amazing, seminal, groundbreaking SUGI 30 paper:
> Programmatically Measure SAS(r) Application Performance On Any Computer
> Platform With the New LOGPARSE SAS Macro:
>
>        http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/219-30.pdf
>
> ash007, best of luck in measuring events in the life of your SAS batch
> jobs on the big iron!
>
> I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!
>
> Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not
> reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or
> methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes
> only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or
> applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so
> at their own risk.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Michael A. Raithel
> "The man who wrote the book on performance"
> E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com
>
> Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment
>
> Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments,
> Second Edition
> http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172
>
> Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes
> http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> ...shaken and not stirred - James Bond
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>