topic Re: Cards (Datalines) Statement Help in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/516453#M139487 Thanks for the help. I appreciate your time! Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:44:54 GMT buechler66 2018-11-27T18:44:54Z Cards (Datalines) Statement Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/515188#M138986 <P>Hi. I have the following cards statement, but I can't figure out how to read in the date column (CL_FROM_DT) as a SAS date instead of a character string.&nbsp; I'd appreciate the help.&nbsp; Thanks.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>DATA HAVE;<BR />LENGTH ID_NUM $ 10 ENRLMT_NUM $ 9 CL_FROM_DT $ 9;<BR />INPUT ID_NUM $ B_ID $ ENRLMT_NUM $ CL_FROM_DT $ H_CD $;<BR />DATALINES;<BR />1174620710 1169339 030490008 30JAN2018 L0180<BR />1174620710 1169339 030490008 30JAN2018 L3960<BR />1285980003 1169339 454072764 30DEC2017 L0650<BR />1477921666 1169339 472633814 23JAN2018 L1851<BR />1477921666 1169339 472633814 23JAN2018 L2397<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 22DEC2016 L0627<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L0976<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1030<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1040<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1050<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L2397<BR />1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L2810<BR />1366995144 2318543 813131377 08DEC2017 L0650<BR />1366995144 2318543 813131377 08DEC2017 L3916<BR />1417255761 2318543 274931342 20NOV2017 L0650<BR />1972863868 2318543 455151476 14NOV2017 L0650<BR />;RUN;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:06:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/515188#M138986 buechler66 2018-11-21T18:06:13Z Re: Cards (Datalines) Statement Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/515190#M138987 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">DATA HAVE; LENGTH ID_NUM $ 10 ENRLMT_NUM $ 9; INPUT ID_NUM $ B_ID $ ENRLMT_NUM $ CL_FROM_DT :date9. H_CD $; format CL_FROM_DT date9. ; DATALINES; 1174620710 1169339 030490008 30JAN2018 L0180 1174620710 1169339 030490008 30JAN2018 L3960 1285980003 1169339 454072764 30DEC2017 L0650 1477921666 1169339 472633814 23JAN2018 L1851 1477921666 1169339 472633814 23JAN2018 L2397 1851421663 1169339 561727024 22DEC2016 L0627 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L0976 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1030 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1040 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L1050 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L2397 1851421663 1169339 561727024 01MAY2018 L2810 1366995144 2318543 813131377 08DEC2017 L0650 1366995144 2318543 813131377 08DEC2017 L3916 1417255761 2318543 274931342 20NOV2017 L0650 1972863868 2318543 455151476 14NOV2017 L0650 ;RUN; </CODE></PRE> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:08:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/515190#M138987 novinosrin 2018-11-21T18:08:45Z Re: Cards (Datalines) Statement Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/516453#M139487 Thanks for the help. I appreciate your time! Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:44:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Cards-Datalines-Statement-Help/m-p/516453#M139487 buechler66 2018-11-27T18:44:54Z