Sql Server date type appears as text field in MS Access

Question

I have a MS Access 2010 front end / SQL Server 2012 back end database, with a number of date fields in different tables. Sometimes I need to store the time, so I have used data

Answer 1

Had the same issue myself linking Access 2007 and SQL Server 2008.

See this question, if you look at Albert D. Kallal's comment to the first answer, it tells us that the problem is with an outdated driver connecting the front end to the back end.

If you aren't able to choose an up-to-date driver (and bear in mind that even if you can, other users of your database on different client machines may not be able to) the workaround is to use datetime data type in every case.