SAS Date question

[JIM1949]

How would one convert a date input from a data set  in a character format like "02/01/2013" or perhaps "20130509"  to a SAS date ?

[Daisy]

For character format like "02/01/2013", try ...

    new_date = input(character_date, ??MMDDYY10.) ;

For charachter format like "20130506", try...

    new_date = input(character_date, ??YYMMDD10.) ;

[JIM1949]

Worked great !  So simple ... I feel real dumb.  Thanx !!!