SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
 

Support

Problem Note 66729: The CONTENTS procedure on z/OS with the V6 LIBNAME engine generates incorrect times for the "Created" and "Last Modified" time values

DetailsHotfixAboutRate It

On z/OS, a problem with time values occurs after you run the following code against a SAS® library that is defined with the V6 LIBNAME engine:

proc contents data=libref._all_;
run;

The resulting output displays incorrect times for the Created and Last Modified time values. Because the incorrect time values are based on Greenwich Mean Time, the time values are offset as follows:

  • 4 hours ahead of the correct time if the code is run in the Eastern Time zone 
  • 7 hours ahead of the correct time if the code is run in the Pacific Time zone

Note that the actual Created and Last Modified times that are stored with the data set are correct. Only the times that are reported by PROC CONTENTS are incorrect.   

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.4_M39.4 TS1M3
z/OS 64-bit9.4_M39.4 TS1M3
* 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.