DATESTYLE= System Option

Identifies the sequence of month, day, and year when the ANYDTDTM, ANYDTDTE, or ANYDTTME informats encounter input where the year, month, and day determination is ambiguous.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Categories: Environment control: Language control

Input control: Data Processing

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= INPUTCONTROL, LANGUAGECONTROL
See: DATESTYLE= system option in SAS System Options: Reference