I was wondering what is the best way to parse a DateTime object to

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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T01:29:29+00:00 2026-05-11T01:29:29+00:00

I was wondering what is the best way to parse a DateTime object to your SQL server.

Where you are generating the SQL in code.

I have always used something like DateTime.Now.TolongDateString() and had good results, apart from today where i got a error, and it made me think.

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string

So what is everyone thoughts and recomendations for a way that will work acrss all SQL server no matter what there setup..

Maybe something like DateTime.Now.ToString('yyyy/MM/dd')

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2026-05-11T01:29:30+00:00

there are only 2 safe formats

ISO and ISO8601

ISO = yymmdd

ISO8601 = yyyy-mm-dd Thh:mm:ss:mmm(no spaces) (notice the T)

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