1292: Incorrect datetime value: '' for column at row 1

Question

I am trying to load data from excel sheet to the below table on MYSQL 5.6 on windows 8.1 and I am getting \'Incorrect datetime value:\' error.

Term date column is o

Answer 1

In MySQL, '' (an empty string) is different from a null. If you want a null value, you should use an explicit null:

INSERT INTO `mith`.`EMPLOYEE` 
(`EMP_ID`, `EMP_NAME`, `SALARY`, `START_DATE`, `TERM_DATE`)
VALUES ('26', 'Will Banker', '90000', '00:00.0', null)

Answer 2

I managed to solve a similar problem using the commands:

mysql> set session sql_mode='';

and

mysql> set global sql_mode='';

in mysql prompt.

Answer 3

Try replacing the null values in Excel with 0000-00-00. I have not tried this with Excel, but it works for csv file. import