/* Is this REALLY the way to read dates */ data work.tq84_stage; length id 8. col_1 $20. tev_dt 8.; informat tev_dt date9.; format tev_dt date9.; infile datalines dlm=','; input id col_1 tev_dt; datalines; 1,one,01sep17 2,two,02sep17 3,three,03sep17 12,twelve,12sep17 13,thirteen,13sep17 29,twenty-nine,29sep17 ;