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Datetime conversion issue with SQL server


I've generated some fake data for a database i've created using PowerAMC. This database as some filed with timedate format. But when i'm running the file in SQL server (Express edition), i've the following :

The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

The line concerned :

insert into INVENTORY (INVENTORY_ID, STATUS, START_DATE, COMPLETION_DATE) values (7, 'MAHSTDIV9', '1005-5-19 9:48:44', '1235-2-16 9:42:10')

So I think that the date format is not the expected one (maybe dd-mm-yyyy instead of what I have) but I dind't find out what I could do to prevent that.

What I've done so far:
Try to convert the date

select CONVERT(DATETIME,'345-12-9 3:23:52',120) 
    -> Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
select CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(100),'345-12-9 3:23:52',120) AS datetime) 
    -> The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

Do you have any idea about how to fix it ?


Solution

  • Datetime only goes back to 1753. Use datetime2 instead, datetime2 was introduced in sql server 2008

    example

    select CONVERT(DATETIME2,'0345-12-9 3:23:52')