Question

This seems like it should be really obvious, but how can I put a DateTime object into an MSSQL database? When I convert it to a string, it keeps adding “-7:00” at the end for the time zone offset and so the query isn’t accepted. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

How are you trying to insert the DateTime into the database? If you’re converting it to a string to be passed into a stored procedure (bad idea; better to use the date SQL type), then you should first convert all DateTime objects to UTC using the .net method ToUniversalTime. Once in UTC, the DateTime will have no timezone offset.