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

Question

I have been getting the following error when running a SQL to convert my data type value from varchar to datetime.

Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

I have checked the data and can't see anything to odd: Ran the following checks and all returning no results

SELECT [Date] from table where [DATe] is null SELECT [Date] from table where [DATe] = '' SELECT [Date] from table where LEN([date])> 10 SELECT [Date] from table where LEN([date])< 10 SELECT top 100 [Date] , SUBSTRING([date],4,2) from [table where convert(int, SUBSTRING([date],4,2)) < 1 or convert(int, SUBSTRING([date],4,2)) > 12 SELECT top 100 [Date] , SUBSTRING([date],1,2) from table where convert(int, SUBSTRING([date],4,2)) < 1 or convert(int, SUBSTRING([date],4,2)) > 31 

Is there anything else worth looking at and maybe worth any pointers or help with this issue? Can't seem to get bottom of it.

Answer 1

I have faced the same problem a week ago. The problem is with the time zone setting. Specify in other formats like mm/dd/yyyy (usually works).

Specifying the date as 30/12/2013 resulted in the error for me. However, specifying it as mm/dd/yyyy format worked.

If you need to convert your input the you can try looking into the CONVERT method. Syntax is

CONVERT(VARCHAR,@your_date_Value,103)

CONVERT(VARCHAR, '12/30/2013', 103)

The finishing 103 is the datetime format.

Refer this link for conversion formats and further reading. https://www.w3schools.com/sql/func_sqlserver_convert.asp