Problem Note 37719: ANYDTDTM informat reads data incorrectly
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In isolated situations, when the ANYDTDTMw.d informat reads data that is not comprised of all numeric values, a segmentation violation may occur or SAS may close.
A sample value that would cause the problem is shown in this step.
data;
dt = input("0300012EN4H8", anydtdtm40.);
run;
There is a SAS note related to this issue. Click here for SAS note 34914
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
A fix for SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/f9_sbcs_prod_list.html#037719A fix for SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/f9_dbcs_prod_list.html#037719A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21 is available at. However, if you install SAS Maintenance after applying this hot fix, files delivered in the hot fix will not receive the proper Maintenance update. Please contact SAS Technical Support at the link shown below for information on accessing the hot fix.
http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/index.html| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Informats ==> Date and Time ==> ANYDTDTM |
| Date Modified: | 2009-11-09 07:29:12 |
| Date Created: | 2009-11-04 10:18:24 |