How to Resolve MySQL Date/Time Conversion Error

When working with MySQL databases, you may encounter an error as shown below which is related to converting MySQL date/time values to System.DateTime.

There was an error executing the query SELECT <your_query>. Reason: Unable to convert MySQL date/time to System.DateTime.

Reason

This error typically occurs when the MySQL date/time value is not compatible with the System.DateTime format.

How to Resolve

To resolve this issue, you can specify the ConvertZeroDateTime=true parameter in the Additional Connection parameters. This will ensure that any incompatible date/time values are converted correctly.

By specifying this parameter, you should no longer encounter the error related to converting MySQL date/time values to System.DateTime.

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