Log File with Time Stamp

[Trevor Andrew]

I found code to have the year, month and day in the name of the log file. How can I modify it to have year, month, day, hour, and minute in the name of the log file? Here is the code:

local today : di %tdCY.N.D date("$S_DATE","DMY") 
log using logfilename_`today'.log, replace

[Justin Niakamal]

Try

local today =  " `c(current_date)' `c(current_time)'"
log using "logfilename_`today'.log", replace

For the current date and time, personal preference is this format

local date =  string(date(c(current_date), "DMY"), "%tdCCYYNNDD") + subinstr("`c(current_time)'", ":", "", .)
di "`date'"
20201018135550

[Trevor Andrew]

Can't I just add hours and minutes in %tdCY.N.D and date("$S_DATE","DMY")?

[Justin Niakamal]

Yes

 di "$S_DATE $S_TIME"
19 Oct 2020 15:03:06

For a specific format, see #2.