https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/reading-date/m-p/296461#M62130 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Refer to this link.</P><P><A href="https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat481/node/60" target="_blank">https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat481/node/60</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 05 Sep 2016 06:52:52 GMT RahulG 2016-09-05T06:52:52Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/reading-date/m-p/296458#M62128 <P>&nbsp;data test;</P><P>input name $ 13. subj gender date date9.;</P><P>datalines;</P><P>john &nbsp; kerry &nbsp;1123 &nbsp; M &nbsp; 01jan2016</P><P>jack &nbsp;adam &nbsp; 1124 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; F &nbsp;02mar2015</P><P>;</P><P>here the program is not able to read the date,but if I use ":" (date:date9.) then it is able to read perfectly.Can you please explain why is it so?</P> Mon, 05 Sep 2016 06:16:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/reading-date/m-p/296458#M62128 pawandh 2016-09-05T06:16:36Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/reading-date/m-p/296461#M62130 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Refer to this link.</P><P><A href="https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat481/node/60" target="_blank">https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat481/node/60</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 05 Sep 2016 06:52:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/reading-date/m-p/296461#M62130 RahulG 2016-09-05T06:52:52Z