Error when coverting OA date stored in sql server 2014 into date

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My Asp.Net c# application stores date in database [sql server 2014] as OA date [as float]. and when i tried to convert the date in db into date (103) format, the result date differ from the original date i stored.

I used the following query:

"SELECT CAST((CONVERT(float,[DateColumn])) as datetime) AS [Date] FROM MyTable"

How should i resolve this?

Posted 17-Dec-15 17:52pm

Midhun Thadathil

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2015-12-17T22:22:00

Solution 1

OADATE uses a different base date to SQL (I strongly recommend that you move over to Date or Datetime if possible). There is a two day difference. Try the following

select DATEADD(dd, -2, CAST([DateColumn] as datetime)) AS [Date] FROM MyTable

Posted 17-Dec-15 22:22pm

CHill60