"Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement" error when I try to insert date to Access database by C#

Question

I want to insert a date record to an Access database. Here is my code:

cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO AlarmHistory(Date) VALUES ('6/8/2012')"; 
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); 

It gives Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement. error at second row.

The screenshot that show my cell data type on db is below.

Answer 1

Use parameters

cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO AlarmHistory([Date]) VALUES (?)";  
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@date", new DateTime(2012,06,8));
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

This will preserve your code from SqlInjection and you could stop to worry about quoting your values-

Just tried creating a dummy database. It's the Date Field. You should enclose in square brackets because Date is a reserved keyword

Here the list of the reserved keywords for Jet 4.0