Date:         Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:55:56 -0600
Reply-To:     Alan Churchill <savian001@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Alan Churchill <savian001@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Selecting Observations by Date.
Comments: To: Karen smith <ponwtr@HOTMAIL.COM>
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  If Yesterday lt Today; <--- Always resolves to true meaning that it serves
no purpose.

I don't see your date variable for the data itself. Say you have a variable
called var1 in the dataset which is a date value, use a line like this:

If (var1 lt date()) ;

Alan

Alan Churchill
Savian
www.savian.net


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen
smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:42 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Selecting Observations by Date.

Hello, All.

I run a job everyday, and I only want obs. from the previous day.  I do not
want to have to change the day every day, so I tried this:
CODE:
  Today = Date();
  Yesterday = Today - 1;
  If Yesterday lt Today;

  put @30 today  @40  yesterday ;
           17714        17713

Why didn't the above code select obs for June 30th.?  There are obs. for
that day.

Thanks In Advance