Bug #78158 Error 1292: "Incorrect datetime value" when inserting a datetime with trailing Z
Submitted: 20 Aug 2015 22:37 Modified: 21 Aug 2015 22:34
Reporter: Pedro Acevedo Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Data Types Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.6.26 OS:Windows (64-bit server)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: datetime, trailing z, UTC, z

[20 Aug 2015 22:37] Pedro Acevedo
Description:
Inserting an ISO-formatted datetime with a trailing Z in a DATETIME column produces error 1292, "Incorrect datetime value for column at row 1". This worked in 5.1.61.

How to repeat:
create table tester(mycol datetime);

/* This will cause an error. */
insert into tester values ('2014-12-09T16:02:57.004Z');

/* This works fine. */
insert into tester values ('2014-12-09T16:02:57.004');
[21 Aug 2015 10:26] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report. Please print here the output of insert into tester values ('2014-12-09T16:02:57.004Z'); on 5.1.61 with ISO-formatted datetime. Thanks.
[21 Aug 2015 13:32] Pedro Acevedo
1 row(s) affected, 1 warning(s): 1264 Out of range value for column 'mycol' at row 1

It throws a warning, but it inserts the record. Nowhere in the docs does it say that the Z is invalid in a datetime literal.
[21 Aug 2015 22:34] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the feedback. Please read the Manual about the sql_mode so you can't convert the warnings in error. The ISO datetime formant isn't supported for the MySQL.

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mysql> USE test
Database changed
mysql> create table tester(mycol datetime);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.27 sec)

mysql> insert into tester values ('2014-12-09T16:02:57.004Z');
ERROR 1292 (22007): Incorrect datetime value: '2014-12-09T16:02:57.004Z' for column 'mycol' at row 1
mysql> select @@sql_mode;
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| @@sql_mode                                                     |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set sql_mode='';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> insert into tester values ('2014-12-09T16:02:57.004Z');
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.03 sec)

mysql> select * from tester;
+---------------------+
| mycol               |
+---------------------+
| 2014-12-09 16:02:57 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)