Problem Note 40449: ANYDTDTE doesn't read a period value properly
In SAS® 9.1.3, when a period is read with ANYDTDTEw. informat, the result is a missing value.
In SAS 9.2, the incorrect result is a zero.
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available by clicking on the
link on the Hot Fix tab.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
Reading a period with the ANYDTDTEw. informat produces inconsistent results between SAS releases 9.13 and 9.2. The results in 9.2 are incorrect.
data _null_;
x=input('.',anydtdte.);
put x=;
run;
SAS 9.2 results in a zero.
242 data _null_;
243 x=input('.',anydtdte.);
244 put x=;
245 run;
x=0
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Informats ==> Date and Time ==> ANYDTDTE
|
| Date Modified: | 2010-11-02 09:46:26 |
| Date Created: | 2010-07-26 14:06:27 |
