You need to show how you're using the date and we can then show you how to change the format.
1. Converting a character date to a SAS date: SASDateVariableName=input(yourdatevariable, anydtdte.);
2. Assign the desired format: format ASDateVariableName mmddyyD10.;
Other variants of that format can be found at: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000590662.htm
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
Well, I would never show you have to get a date with a two-digit year. I hope this is close enough:
data want;
length mydate $ 11;
set have;
mydate = put(input(mydate, mmddyy10.), date11.);
run;
That's assuming that 03/03/2017 is actually in MMDDYY form, rather than DDMMYY form.
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