Hi Steve I do not know of a format, but you can write a function to make a SAS date value out of the string, see sample below: proc fcmp outlib=work.myFunctions.dates; function xDate( date $); length dlm $ 1; dlm = "-"; year = scan(date, 1, dlm); month = scan(date, 2, dlm); day = scan(date, 3, dlm); newDate = cats(day, month, year); newDate_N = input(newDate, date9.); return(newDate_N); endsub; run; options cmplib=(work.myFunctions) ; data testFunction; date1 = '2011-AUG-12'; date2 = xDate(date1); format date2 date9.; run; Bruno
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