date9. format

[SASPhile]

9/1/09 09/01/09 9/01/2009 09/1/2009 09/01/2009
I'm being over ambitious here.Can we change the above date fomats to date9.?
The reason is the vendors who provide data are not consistent in the data structure.data changes every now and then./

[Patrick]

Is it that what you're after?

data want;
input dates anydtdte10.;
format dates date9.;
put dates;
datalines;
9/1/09
09/01/09
9/01/2009
09/1/2009
09/01/2009
;