In reply to Srikanth.

Srikanth,

Use the ANYDTDTEw. informat to interpret this date. The date's format is DAY-MONTH-YEAR, and you can force that interpretation with the DATESTYLE option. Example:

options datestyle=dmy;
data _null_;
dt = input("26-11-2015",anydtdte10.);
put dt date9.;
run;

Output will be: 26NOV2015

Since date values can be sometimes ambiguous depending on the style (08-11-2015 can be August 11 in the USA, or November 8 in Europe), the DATESTYLE option is important. You can set the DATESTYLE option to LOCALE, which will use your system locale settings to drive the behavior. Use DATESTYLE=DMY when you want to ensure the DAY-MONTH-YEAR interpretation.