Из эксперимента похоже, что SQL Server пытается привести к непосредственному приведению к DateTime
, и при неудачном завершении попытки приводит к приведению к int
, а затем к DateTime
:
PRINT Cast('2009-1-1' AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('2009/1/1' AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('1.1' AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('1/2009/1' AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('' AS int)
go
PRINT Cast(' ' AS int)
go
PRINT Cast(0 AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('X' AS datetime)
go
PRINT Cast('X' AS int)
Выход:
Jan 1 2009 12:00AM
Jan 1 2009 12:00AM
Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Jan 1 2009 12:00AM
0
0
Jan 1 1900 12:00AM
Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'X' to data type int.