If your regional settings and locale need to be modified to English, or another setting, perform the following on a Windows platform.

For SAS^® 9.2

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\nls\en\ and make a copy of the sasv9.cfg file.
2. Edit the original sasv9.cfg file by modifying the Windows Locale. The following example sets the locale to the United States (English):

    
   /* Set Windows Locale */
   /* -LOCALE "he_IL" */
   -LOCALE "en_US"
   
   

3. Verify that the sasv9.cfg file in C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\sasv9.cfg directory is pointing to the C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\nls\en\sasv9.cfg file. For example:

   
   -CONFIG "C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\nls\en\SASV9.CFG
   

4. In the Region and Language dialog box, verify the Format option for your operating system. In most cases, this is set to English (United States).

   

   If you want SAS 9.2 (English) to run in Hebrew, you would change the sasv9.cfg file to the correct locale (for example: -LOCALE "he_IL"). Then you would modify the Format setting in the Region and Language dialog box to Hebrew (Israel).

For SAS^® 9.1.3

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\nls\en\ and make a copy of the sasv9.cfg file.
2. Edit the original sasv9.cfg file by modifying the Windows Locale. The following example sets the locale to the United States (English):

   /* Set Windows Locale */
   /* -LOCALE "he_IL" */
   -LOCALE "en_US" 

3. Verify that the sasv9.cfg file in C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\ is pointing to the C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\nls\en\sasv9.cfg file. For example:

   -CONFIG C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\nls\en\sasv9.cfg
   

4. Verify the Regional and Language options for the operating system. In most cases, this is set to English (United States).
Even if the machine is set to English, if the locale and encoding are pointing to a different locale (in this example, Hebrew_Israel and Hebrew), this causes the SAS setting to be Hebrew.

Additional Information

See the following documentation:

• The National Language Support (NLS) section of the SAS(R) 9.2 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
• The table "Values for the Locale= System Option" in the SAS(R) 9.2 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
• What can I do with regional formats and languages?




Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* 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.