Cannot convert value '2012-04-05 10:20:00' from column XX to TIMESTAMP

Question

A java.sql.SQLException is being thrown when JDBC attempts to convert a valid datetime in MySQL (5.1.51) to a java.sql.timestamp. An example is:

java.sql.SQLException: Cannot convert value '2012-04-05 10:20:00' from column 40 to TIMESTAMP

This is the first time

Versions:
MySQL: 5.1.51
J/Connector: 5.1.19
Column Definition:  DATETIME
Java Type:   java.sql.Timestamp

stack trace:

Cannot convert value '2012-04-05 10:20:00' from column 40 to TIMESTAMP.
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1073)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:987)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:982)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:927)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetRow.getTimestampFast(ResultSetRow.java:1335)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.BufferRow.getTimestampFast(BufferRow.java:576)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetImpl.getTimestampInternal(ResultSetImpl.java:6466)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetImpl.getTimestamp(ResultSetImpl.java:6066)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetImpl.getTimestamp(ResultSetImpl.java:6104)
    at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingResultSet.getTimestamp(DelegatingResultSet.java:300)
    at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingResultSet.getTimestamp(DelegatingResultSet.java:300)
    at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingResultSet.getTimestamp(DelegatingResultSet.java:300)

DAO classes have not been modified recently. The only recent change on the server was upgrading MySQL from 5.1.46 to 5.1.51

Answer 1

You could disable Fast Date Parsing by adding useFastDateParsing=false to your JDBC connection URL. For example the following might solve your problem:

jdbc:mysql://yourHostName:3306/yourDbName?useUnicode=true&useFastDateParsing=false&characterEncoding=UTF-8