SAS Releases Timeline
(using approximate dates)

Approx. Date Category Release info
01JAN72 PreHistoric 72 Only on IBM mainframe
01JUL76 PreHistoric 76 Dates & Proc Format added
13APR81 PreHistoric 79.5 SAS/Graph introduced. Support for CMS added
01JAN83 PreHistoric 82.4 SAS 82 had the %macro ... %mend true macro language
01MAR84 PreHistoric 4.06 Ported to Unix & VMS
01JAN85 NeoLithic 6.01 Re-write in C
28JUL86 NeoLithic 5.03 Many programming features added, and full-screen Display Manager
01MAR88 NeoLithic 6.03  
01MAR90 NeoLithic 6.06 Display Manager consistent with native windowing systems on Dec windows & OS/2
01APR91 NeoLithic 6.07 Support for #byval and #byvar in titles & footnotes, graphics editor added, many new maps.
01MAR93 NeoLithic 6.08  
01OCT93 Archaic 6.09  
01OCT94 Archaic 6.10  
01OCT95 Archaic 6.11  
01NOV96 Archaic 6.12  
01OCT98 Vintage 7.0 ODS html, .sas7bdat cross-platform data sets (CEDA), v7 & v8 were code-named The Nashville Release
01NOV99 Vintage 8.0 Long variable names (from 8 to 32 chars), and ODS introduced, graph-n-go & EG interfaces
01JUL00 Vintage 8.1 Java & Activex versions of graphs implemented, image support added
01MAR01 Vintage 8.2 Native support for RTF (Rich Text Format) files via ODS
01OCT02 Retro 9.0 Support for long color names added to SAS/Graph
01DEC03 Retro 9.1  
01AUG04 Retro 9.1.3 Proc Gbarline
01MAR08 Current 9.2 Albany AMT fonts, Unicode characters, >256 colors, SVG, proc mapimport
01APR10 Current 9.2m2  
12JUL11 Current 9.3 Smooth lines, alpha-transparency
29AUG12 Current 9.3m2 Street-level geocoding
10JUL13 Current 9.4 GFK maps, alpha-transparency in gif, easier animation syntax, html5