The Date/Time data type handles years from 1 A.D. to 9999 A.D. in the Gregorian calendar system. Years beyond 9999 A.D. cause an error.

The Date/Time data type supports dates with precision to the nanosecond. The data type has a precision of 29 and a scale of 9. Some native data types have a smaller precision. When you import a source that contains datetime values, the import process imports the correct precision from the source column. For example, the Microsoft SQL Server Datetime data type has a precision of 23 and a scale of 3. When you import a Microsoft SQL Server source that contains Datetime values, the Datetime columns in the mapping source have a precision of 23 and a scale of 3.

The Integration Service reads datetime values from the source to the precision specified in the mapping source. When the Integration Service transforms the datetime values, it supports precision up to 29 digits. For example, if you import a datetime value with precision to the millisecond, you can use the ADD_TO_DATE function in an Expression transformation to add nanoseconds to the date.

If you write a Date/Time value to a target column that supports a smaller precision, the Integration Service truncates the value to the precision of the target column. If you write a Date/Time value to a target column that supports a larger precision, the Integration Service inserts zeroes in the unsupported portion of the datetime value.