Hi everybody,   I am trying to convert a character variable HAVE (format $6) that contains year and month which are written as yyyymm (e.g. 201801) into a date format (variable WANT), preferably expressed as 01JAN2018.   In my Initial variable, the day is missing, so it should always be the first of a given month.   How can I do this?   I tried the following, but unfortunately it doesn't work:   data test1; set test2; format WANT date9.; WANT = Input( HAVE, date9.); run;     I would be very happy if somebody could help me. Thank you in advance!   Kind regards, Gloria       ... View more