Question

I have a SQL Server table that contains some datetime data. I’m using a Python script with pymssql to connect to the database and execute queries.

The problem I’m having is that when my queries return datetime data, the dates are shifted and are no longer accurate. For example, one data entry in my table is for the date ‘2012-03-27’, but when I retrieve it and store it in my script as a datetime object in Python, the date is stored as ‘2012-01-03’.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Should I be using a library like pytz?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I’m still not sure what is causing this problem, but I found a solution: convert the datetime data to type varchar when the query is performed:

select convert(varchar(20),event_time,120) from event_detail;

Previously I was performing this query:

select event_time from event_detail;

where event_time is of type datetime