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Problem Note 65085: SAS® might terminate or return a "sas.exe has stopped working" error for some NLS locales when running PROC X12 or PROC X13 with a regARIMA model

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For some NLS locales, PROC X12 or PROC X13 might cause SAS to terminate or to stop processing with the following error:

sas.exe has stopped working

Termination or this error or both have been observed under the following conditions:

SAS system option settings:

  • ENCODING=UTF-8
  • LOCALE=FR or LOCALE=IT (French or Italian locales, but possibly other locales)

and

PROC X12 or PROC X13 specification:

  • Quarterly time series data
  • REGRESSION statement with the PREDEFINED= option, where any one of the following trading-day effects is specified: 
    • TD
    • TDNOLPYEAR
    • TD1COEF
    • TD1NOLPYEAR
  • AUTOMDL statement
  • X11 statement

Here is an example specification where this issue occurs for a SAS session with UTF-8 encoding and quarterly time series data:

options locale=fr;
proc x13 data=test date=date;
  var y;
  transform function=log;
  automdl;
  regression predefined=(td);
  x11;
  output out=out a1 d10 d11 d12 d13;
run;

Other than using a different locale, there is no circumvention for this problem.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/ETS64-bit Enabled AIX14.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 201614.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R214.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 200814.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 1014.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit14.39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft® Windows® for x6414.39.4 TS1M5
z/OS 64-bit14.39.4 TS1M5
z/OS14.39.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled Solaris14.39.4 TS1M5
HP-UX IPF14.39.4 TS1M5
Linux for x6414.39.4 TS1M5
Solaris for x6414.39.4 TS1M5
* 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.