When a SAS^® Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) session is started from the Java client, the time zone setting for the CAS session is based on the OS time zone of the CAS controller. 

When the operating system reports a time zone with a numeric abbreviation instead of an abbreviation that uses characters, the CAS session options are not set as expected.

An example of a time zone that causes this problem is Asia/Singapore, due to the +08 abbreviation shown here:

An example of a time zone that does not cause this problem is Australia/Perth, due to the AWST abbreviation shown here:

A common side effect of this problem is this error message in SAS^® Data Studio:

To work around the problem, the CAS controller time zone can be changed to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or another time zone with the same offset that has an abbreviation with characters.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at