https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/strange-things-in-using-INFORMAT/m-p/581#M274 Hi,<BR /> I tried the code below where the informat statement was used:<BR /> *------------;<BR /> data name;<BR /> informat FirstName $8. LastName $15. date mmddyy8. n2 7.3;<BR /> input firstname $ lastname $ date n2;<BR /> datalines;<BR /> a b 010101 100<BR /> ;<BR /> *------------;<BR /> All the variables are displayed correctly except date. It displayed as a strange numeric value 14976 instead of a date format. Can anyone give some hints on where is wrong?<BR /> Thanks!<BR /> gim Tue, 09 May 2006 17:29:10 GMT deleted_user 2006-05-09T17:29:10Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/strange-things-in-using-INFORMAT/m-p/581#M274 Hi,<BR /> I tried the code below where the informat statement was used:<BR /> *------------;<BR /> data name;<BR /> informat FirstName $8. LastName $15. date mmddyy8. n2 7.3;<BR /> input firstname $ lastname $ date n2;<BR /> datalines;<BR /> a b 010101 100<BR /> ;<BR /> *------------;<BR /> All the variables are displayed correctly except date. It displayed as a strange numeric value 14976 instead of a date format. Can anyone give some hints on where is wrong?<BR /> Thanks!<BR /> gim Tue, 09 May 2006 17:29:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/strange-things-in-using-INFORMAT/m-p/581#M274 deleted_user 2006-05-09T17:29:10Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/strange-things-in-using-INFORMAT/m-p/582#M275 SAS stores a date internally as the number of days since January 1, 1960. If you don't give the variable a format when you print it, you will get the internally stored value. Try printing with the mmddyy10. format. Tue, 09 May 2006 17:46:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/strange-things-in-using-INFORMAT/m-p/582#M275 garybald 2006-05-09T17:46:17Z