Independent format for a string representation of date/time value, for MS SQL server? <p>I have a question about MS SQL Server string-to-datetime implicit conversion.</p> <p>Specifically, can I be sure that a string in the 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' (e.g '2011-04-28 13:01:45') format, inserted into the datetime column, will always be automatically converted to a datetime type, no matter what regional or language settings are used on the server?</p> <p>If no, does there exist such an independent string format for date time?</p> <p>Does it depend on MSSQL server version and how?</p> <p>thank you in advance</p>