Problem Note 3160: Dates containing dashes typed incorrectly
When reading a date in the form MM-DD-<YY>YY, DD-MM-<YY>YY or
<YY>YY-MM-DD, the variable's type is assigned incorrectly by the
Import Wizard, EFI, and PROC IMPORT. The variable is given an
INFORMAT and FORMAT of COMMAw.d. The variable should be given
an INFORMAT and FORMAT of MMDDYYw., DDMMYYw. or YYMMDDw.,
respectively.
The circumvention is to recall the generated DATA step code and
modify the INFORMAT and FORMAT statements.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| HP-UX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| IRIX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| AIX | 8 TS1M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
*
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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2000-08-04 14:37:19 |
| Date Created: | 2000-08-04 14:04:34 |
