Here is a solution sent to me off the list. It works great!
Thanks Mark.
data list fixed / bdate (n8).
begin data
19791009
19830609
19800723
19871003
19811214
end data.
compute birthdate =
number(concat(substr(string(bdate,n8),1,4),"-",
substr(string(bdate,n8),5,2),"-",
substr(string(bdate,n8),7,2)), sdate).
format birthdate (sdate).
list.
>Dear Listserv,
>
>I have birthdates in the following numeric layout:
>
>19791009
>19830609
>19800723
>19871003
>19811214
>
>Is there a fast way to convert these values into a date format? SDATE
>doesn't seem to work because there are no slashes. Right now I think I'll
>have add slashes using SUBSTRING, so the dates look like this:
>
>1979/10/09
>1983/06/09
>1980/07/23
>1987/10/03
>1981/12/14
>
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>Sam Ballard
>San Diego Community College District
>
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