Question

I have simple SQL Server 2008 table that has a column ourdate of type date.

So I tried to apply between on the date values, but it doesn’t work and gives me an error.

Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string

Code like this:

select * 
from [ComplainsDb].dbo.dateTB 
where ourdate between '2012-11-01' AND '2012-12-31';

Answer 1

You need to use a date string format that is safe for all language and regional settings.

The ISO-8601 format YYYYMMDD (note: NO dashes!) works in all situations – try this:

select * 
from [ComplainsDb].dbo.dateTB 
where ourdate between '20121101' AND '20121231';