The fix contained in the file date_precision will modify the SAS/ACCESS to Informix engine so that DATETIME precision values such as DATETIME year to year, DATETIME year to month, DATETIME year to day, DATETIME month to anything and DATETIME day to anything are automatically extended by SAS. To install this fix: 1) cd to your !SASROOT/sasexe directory. 2) Rename the existing sasionfx executable to a new name such as sasionfx.orig. 3) Transfer the date_precision file to your machine using a binary transfer method. 4) Rename the date_precision file to sasionfx. The permissions for this file must be 755.