42092 - MINGUO format does not handle 3-digit year properly for widths 7 and 9

Problem Note 42092: MINGUO format does not handle 3-digit year properly for widths 7 and 9

The MINGUOw. format uses a base year of 1911. Starting on January 1, 2011, three digits are used to represent the year.

In the case of MINGUO7. and MINGUO9., there is room for a third year digit, but instead '**' appears in the year field.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.3 TS1M0

* 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.

This shows that writing a date after 1/1/2011 with MINGUO9. shows asterisks for the year.

data _null_;
  date='11jan2011'd;
  put date=minguo9.;
run;

/* output written to the log */

date=**/01/11

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Formats ==> Date and Time ==> MINGUO

Date Modified:	2011-01-18 15:35:06
Date Created:	2011-01-14 08:33:53