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
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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;
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.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#66729| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2020-12-14 11:41:31 |
| Date Created: | 2020-10-07 13:01:18 |