Don't put the variable names within <> I put those there to indicate that you put a list of variables and I did not know all of the variables that you want to set the format for. This uses the same syntax as the FORMAT statement in a data step: Format <list of variable names> <format for those variables> <another list of variables> <format for other variables> ; Such as: Format thisdate thatdate mmddyy10. thisnum thatnum theothernum F7.2 ; ... View more