SAS typically recommends that you export a SAS data set to another application by first converting the data set into what is known as a "transport file" (which is essentially a text file) that can then (usually) be imported by another application, such as Mathematica. Mathematica does provide support for reading SAS transport files. However, this method has its drawbacks, in that the user-defined formatting and other metadata in your SAS data set may not be properly converted. And if your SAS data set contains dates and/or date-times, those values are likely to cause problems when you try to import the transport file into another application. As an alternative, you might want to consider using a Mathematica add-on called M2SLink. M2SLink lets you directly import SAS data sets into Mathematica without having to use SAS Transport files. This way of transferring your SAS data to Mathematica is much faster, all your user formats and metadata are preserved, and your dates and times are automatically converted to be consistent with Mathematica. M2SLink also allows you to export your Mathematica data directly to a SAS data set. Here is a link to the M2SLink add-on: https://www.harpercorditt.com/
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