Use of the single quotation mark character with the TIMEZONE option fails with error


In Windows and z/OS environments, if the value specified for the SAS® option TIMEZONE= is enclosed in single quotation marks, the step fails. An error is written to the SAS log file:

ERROR: The conversion of TIMEZONE to Java options failed.

To circumvent this problem, use one of the following syntax alternatives:

TIMEZONE=(America/Los_Angeles)
TIMEZONE=America/Los_Angeles
TIMEZONE="America/Los_Angeles"