nldateyw format > not translated into local language

[xxformat_com]

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;

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[Tom]

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

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

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.

[andreas_lds]

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

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@andreas_lds wrote:

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

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