I don't think SPSS has anything named @TODAY. I don't see any matches for that in the command syntax reference manual. Can you provide a reference?
For command syntax, you can use $DATE or $TIME, which are available in COMPUTE and other commands that evaluate expressions. On Thu, Jun 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I get today’s date into a pspp program without manually entering it? > > > > SPSS provides @TODAY, and SAS has TODAY(). A common use case is computing *age > from a birthdate* when age itself is not collected in the dataset being > analyzed. Another use is putting a *run date on a report*. The usual > DATE functions require user input, so they cannot do this from a running > program. > > > > I’m using GNU pspp 2.1.1-g557d00 on Windows 11 and GNU pspp 2.1.1 on > FreeBSD. > > > > Thanks for any clarification. > > Kent >
