In version 9, perhaps the ANYDT informat will let you read it in straight. For versions up to 8.2 as Harry has pointed out there is no worddatx informat. You can create your own informat though using the worddatx format:

data control ; retain fmtname "spaced" type "I" ; do label = "01jan1950"d to "31dec2049"d ; start = put(label,worddatx.-l) ; output ; end ; run ;

proc format cntlin = control ; run ;

data _null_ ; input spacedat & : spaced17. ; put spacedat= date9. ; cards ; 1 January 1990 29 February 2004 31 December 1975 30 September 2002 run ;

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-----Original Message----- From: Doug [mailto:queanbeyan@HOTMAIL.COM] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:03 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: convert date to sas date

Hi,

I have a dataset that has a character variable called 'Created' that has a date in the following format = 5 February 2004.

Could someone please tell me how I can change this to a sas date? I have scanned and concatenated, but there must be an easier way - like an informat?

Doug

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