Usage Note 42070: Zero date values in Excel are displayed as 1899 in SAS
When the number zero is an Excel date value, Excel displays it as 1/0/1900. When this value is imported into SAS, it is displayed as 12/31/1899.
The reason for this is 1/0/1900 is not a real date because 0 is not a day value, so SAS uses the closest date from the previous year.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
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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.
When the number 0 is converted to a date value Excel displays this as 1/0/1900. When SAS imports it, we display this as the year 12/31/1899.
| Date Modified: | 2011-01-18 16:58:17 |
| Date Created: | 2011-01-11 12:38:29 |
