sql - Error inserting NOW into datetime returns "The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value."

Question

I am using the INSERT statement below to insert NOW into a datetime field in a SQL dbase

<%
 varAlert = request.querystring("alertID")
 varInspector = session("stUserid")
 varDateRead = NOW 

dim sqlalerts

Set con = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    con.Open MM_inspections_STRING

sqlalerts = "INSERT INTO dbo.tbl_AlertsRead (alertID, inspectorID, dateread) VALUES ('"  & varAlert  & "' ,'"  & varInspector  & "','"  & varDateRead & "')"
con.Execute sqlalerts

    con.Close
    Set con = Nothing

%>

but it's returning :

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e07'

[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

/html/admin/inspectorsAlertView.asp, line 25

line 25 is the execute statement, am at a loss, NOW returns a valid datetime, and the field 'dateread' is definitely a datetime field, and the above INSERT has worked dozens of times without a problem.

Answer 1

Today is 13 November - in UK that would be written as 13/11/2012 but in US it would be 11/13/2012. i think you are inserting the date in the wrong format - which will mean that you are trying to use the 13th month.

I suspect that this worked before because your dates would have been valid, but incorrect values stored in your database. Check your database for previously inserted values.