how to read 20 march 2011 date in sas - sas

Question

I am trying to read 20 march 2011 date using worddatx32. format but it cant read it gives an error was not found or could not be loaded.
I also try anydtdte32. but it give . in output
how can I read 20 march 2011 date in data lines
data sample;
infile datalines truncover dsd;
input JDate : worddatx32.;
format JDate date9.;
datalines;
20 march 2011
;
run;

Answer 1

WORDDATX. is a FORMAT and you need an INFORMAT. Try using ANYDTDTE. as the informat.
data test ;
input xx anydtdte32. ;
format xx date9.;
put xx= #15 _infile_;
cards;
20 march 2016
20MAR2016
;
Also if you are going to use the : modifier then SAS will stop at the space and only read the 20. Add the & modifier and it will stop when it sees two or more spaces. Of if you are using delimited input then just use an INFORMAT statement.
data test ;
infile cards dsd truncover ;
input xx ;
informat xx anydtdte. ;
format xx date9.;
put xx= #15 _infile_;
cards;
20 march 2016
20MAR2016
;
NOTE: The ANYDTDTE. informat does not support this format before SAS version 9.4
If you cannot use the informat then read the value as three fields and convert it yourself.
input d $ m $ y $ ;
date = input(cats(d,substr(m,1,3),y),date9.);

Answer 2

Not sure why Tom's solution doesn't work on your machine... Here's another possibility:
data mydates;
infile datalines dsd truncover delimiter=" ";
informat day 8.
month $3.
year 8.;
format mydate date9.;
input day month year;
mydate = input(cats(day, month, year),date9.);
datalines;
20 march 2016
18 december 16
;