Question

What’s wrong with the below SAS code? The single date column cannot be read correctly.

DATA test;
    INPUT mydate MMDDYY8.;
    FORMAT mydate YYMMDD10.;
    DATALINES;
        01-22-98
        03-03-97
    ;
PROC PRINT DATA = test;
RUN;

Edit: Thanks for the answer. Another follow-up question is, when I try to read CSV format where datetime is quoted, it always fails to read correctly. How to read CSV format with quoted datetime values correctly? DSD option doesn’t help much in my case.

Answer 1

Try left-aligning the datalines.