Converting character variable to SAS date

[lillymaginta1]

data have;
infile cards ;
input ID   $Date1 ;	 
cards;
001 200404
002 201205
003 200903
;
run;

I have a data with date variable entered into a character format. Would it be possible to: 1) assign all dates a day of "01" and 2) convert the variable to SAS date

Output

001 04012004

002 05012012

003 03012009 ;

[andreas_lds · Accepted solution]

Yes, of course, something like

data want;
  set have(rename=(Date1 = DateStr));
  Date = input(cats(DateStr, '01'), yymmdd8.);
  format Date mmddyy8.;
run;

[lillymaginta1]

Super! thank you! 

[japelin]

data want;
  set have;
  sasdt=input(cats(date1,'01'),yymmdd8.);
  format sasdt mmddyyn8.;
run;