topic Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language in SAS Programming

nldateyw format > not translated into local language

xxformat_com — Sat, 21 May 2022 12:19:26 GMT

Hi,

It seems that the word 'week' is not translated into national language here.

Did I miss something?


*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------;

options locale='FR_FR';

data _null_;
    _nldateyw = put(today(),nldateyw.);
    
    put _nldateyw=;
run;

*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------;

options locale='EN_US';

data _null_;
    _nldateyw = put(today(),nldateyw.);
    
    put _nldateyw=;
run;
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------;

options locale='DE_DE';

data _null_;
    _nldateyw = put(today(),nldateyw.);
    
    put _nldateyw=;
run;

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 21 May 2022 13:49:15 GMT

Something is seriously wrong here. I tried the example code from the NLDATEYWw. Format documentation, and it did not work either.

Open a track with SAS Technical Support.

After checking this obviously faulty behavior on SAS On Demand, I sent a mail to sasoda@sas.com.

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

Tom — Sat, 21 May 2022 14:52:30 GMT

It does seem strange that it does not translate WEEK into other languages, but it does match the documentation where they show that selecting French produces Week in the results.

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vdmmlcdc/1.0/nlsref/n0duq9na9vbb7gn1akaa65cdts3m.htm

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 21 May 2022 15:19:16 GMT

This is from the Viya documentation. But here's the example log from the 9.4 documentation:

+--- NLDATEYW min=5 default=16 max=200 ---+
 16     Semaine 14 2019
 5     *****
 8     S14 19
 32     Semaine 14 2019
200
Semaine 14 2019

The shortcomings of Viya seem to seep back into 9.4.

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 23 May 2022 08:44:43 GMT

This seems to be a quite recent problem, as it was reported for maintenance level 7.

The hotfix is already out, available here: https://support.sas.com/kb/68/184.html

Have your SAS admins install the hotfix in your local SAS; it should be applied on On Demand soon because of my inquiry.

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

andreas_lds — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:21:28 GMT

The problem must be older. In our environment using 9.4m5 the problem exists, too.

Re: nldateyw format > not translated into local language

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:40:30 GMT

@andreas_lds wrote:

The problem must be older. In our environment using 9.4m5 the problem exists, too.

Then nobody stumbled upon the issue before M7 was out. After all, it is a rarely used format.