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When you imported the file did you set the usedate=yes statement?
Of course, you could always just modify the data you already have. e.g.:
data have;
format want mmddyyN8.;
date=801014;
want=mdy(substr(put(date,6.),3,2),
substr(put(date,6.),5,2),
substr(put(date,6.),1,2));
run;
Or
eventdat=input(put (eventdat1,z6.),YYMMDD6.);
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