Date time overflow problem

[mydsworld]

Hi,
I am trying to load a Timestamp field into a table in SQL server database.
It is giving error 'Date time overflow ...'. I checked the incoming timestamp value. It is like '0001-01-01 00:00:00'. However, I am able to load the field with CurrentTimestamp() value.

Please let me know whether SQL server has any restriction on such timestamp value.

Thanks

[ray.wurlod]

Can SQL Server handle the timestamp 0001-01-01 00:00:00 successfully?

There is a problem with the year 1AD because the previous year is not 0AD - there is no such year - the previous year is 1BC. Therefore the transition through midnight is not properly defined. Can you try 0001-01-01 00:00:01 as the timestamp?

[mydsworld]

So, what would be the timestamp for '0001-01-01 00:00:00' that would be accepted in SQL Server.

Thanks.

[ArndW]

Did you try the "0001-01-01 00:00:01" as Ray suggested and did that work? If yes, then the answer is that you cannot represent "0001-01-01 00:00:00".