In SAS Marketing Automation, when you enter a date value in a Select node, the date value is recorded incorrectly for the locale.

When you enter dates in a Select node, the node uses the US-locale (en_US) format MM/DD/YYYY instead of the UK-locale (en_GB) format DD/MM/YYYY. 

For example, when you enter 03/05/2016 (meaning the third day of May 2016), the date value in the Select node displays as 05 Mar 2016, as shown below:

This problem happens when both of the following circumstances are true:

• The SAS Marketing Automation servers are set to the en_US locale.
• Some SAS Marketing Automation users use the en_GB locale, and they enter dates in that en_GB locale's format. 

Notes:

• This problem occurs only for ambiguous dates. 
• Unambiguous dates (for example, 27 Aug 1955) work fine. 
• The problem does not occur if you use the Select node's date selector.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 6.5 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 6.4 is available at: