Date:         Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:58:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net>
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From:         Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Add Timestamp to dataset's name
Comments: To: sas 9 bi user <sas9bi@GMAIL.COM>
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This is a little longer, but gives you more control over the format; note
that you can't have a slash in a dataset name as in your example,
but you certainly could manipulate the date2_char variable I've got below to
put some more underscores in it or use other date
and time formats.

data dummy1;
informat date2_char $50.;
date2_char=compress('b_' || put(date(),yymmdd7.) || '_' ||
compress(put(time(),tod9.2),':'),' ');
call symput('datasetname',date2_char);
run;
%put &datasetname;

data &datasetname;
stop;
run;

-Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: sas 9 bi user
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Add Timestamp to dataset's name


All -

Say I have

data b;
set a;
run;

I want to add a timestamp to B.  When I try to do the below it errors out.

 data b_&systfunc( datetime() );
set a;
run;

This is what I would like B to be named as:

b_10/27/2008_12:14AM

Note - Date/time is what sysfunc generates at time of call (so the above is
at the time of this email writing for example).

Any ideas?

Thanks!