Im reading some data from a file where the data is in the format 01DEC2010 which actually is the format date9 in SAS. I must read the data from the file and create a table specifiying that the format must be DATE9 but when i try to do so, at my table there is only a "." at the date columnn. here is the sintax im using: data maria; infile 'C:\Users\Cesar\Desktop\tpnote\ssd.dat'; input idvol $ 1-7  @40 datevol DATE9.   @64 totalpass 65-67 @68 poidscargo 69-73; run; and here are some lines from the file: IA112000000112SFOHNDJetCruise LF8100 01DEC1999 4  19  31 171 255 61300 79077 IA018040000018SFOSEAJetCruise SF1000 01DEC1999 4  10       123 150 10300 13287 IA029010000029SFOHNLJetCruise LF5200 02DEC1999 5  13  24 138 207 47400 61146 Can someone help me please? ... View more