General form, values read with DATEw. informat: ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy where dd is an integer from 01 to 31, representing the day mmm is the first three letters of the month's name yy or yyyy is the integer representing the year.

You may place blanks or other special characters between the day, month, and year, as long as you increase the width of the informat to include these delimiters. Here are some date expressions you can read using the DATEw. informat:

Date Expression	SAS Date Informat
30May00	DATE7.
30May2000	DATE9.
30-May-2000	DATE11.