Date:         Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:27:36 -0600
Reply-To:     "Davies, Ian" <Ian.Davies@ATCOITEK.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Davies, Ian" <Ian.Davies@ATCOITEK.COM>
Subject:      Re: informat date help
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Hi Shannon,

For now you will have to break it down into parts and build your own date.
But a WORDDATE informat is one of the requests that can be voted for on the
2001 ballot!

http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/feedback/sasware_ballot01/new.ballot.htm

Cheers,
Ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shannon [SMTP:swheatma@FJC.GOV]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 14:35
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      informat date help
>
> Hello--
>
> I was wondering whether anyone had a solution to read the following
> data line using a SAS informat :
>
> December 20, 1999
>
>  Typically, I would use the input function to convert the character
> string to a valid SAS date but the problem is that SAS does not have a
> date informat analogous to the date format WORDDATEn.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.