how to change date format 20160107 into sas dates

[SASuserxx]

Hi all,

im trying to change my sas format from 

20160107

 to a sas format sas forecast studio can read.

i have tried yymmddn8. but it comes up blank. my current laod format is numeric 

thank you

[RahulG]

data _null_;
format want date9.;
val=20160515;
want=input(put(val,8.),yymmdd8.);
put want=;
run;

I converted numeric value to string and then converted it back to numeric using yymmdd8.

[SASuserxx]

HI

Thank you,

This would mean is I have a column with all the dates of 20160101 then I will have to put all in

I would just replace the data to the variables column

[Reeza]

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@SASuserxx wrote:
HI

Thank you,

This would mean is I have a column with all the dates of 20160101 then I will have to put all in

I would just replace the data to the variables column

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This is unclear. 

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