Date Input Problem

[iusing]

I would like to know is it possible to change the default date input format because sometimes when I input the data set using Proc Import, SAS would assume the date is in MDY format but actually my data is DMY format. Is there any ways to change the default setting of SAS?

[art297]

options datestyle xxx;

where xxx can be in the form, e.g., of mdy, dmy, ymd or whatever from it is in.