I would expect MMDDYY8. to read any of 12/22/98, 122298 or 12221998 as the same value. Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard TWB2@PGE.COM or http://www.aartwolf.com/twb.html Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco The correlation coefficient between their views and my postings is slightly less than 0

> ---------- > From: Frank Schiffel[SMTP:SchifF@MAIL.HEALTH.STATE.MO.US] > Reply To: Frank Schiffel > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:52 PM > To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU > Subject: how to read mmddyyyy > > anybody know what the format and informat for this data is? I'd like to > change it to a SAS date without breaking it into month day year then > putting the pieces back together after I check the century year. > I'm using 6.12. and haven't seen mmddyyyy in the documentation we have > around here. > > thanks. > > Frank Schiffel > Research Analyst III > Bureau of Health Resource Statistics > State Center for Health Statistics > 920 Wildwood Drive > PO Box 570 > Jefferson City Missouri 65102-0570 > (573) 751-6279 > FAX (573) 526-4102 > > visit our website at: http://www.health.state.mo.us/ > > ! >