To support output and update processing from SAS into SAP ASE in languages other than English, special setup steps are required. These setup steps are required so that date, time, and datetime values can be processed correctly. In SAS, you must ensure that the DFLANG= system option is set to the correct language. A system administrator can specify this globally administrator or a user can specify it within a single SAS session. In SAP ASE, the default client language, set in the locales.dat file, must match the language that is used in SAS.