Symptoms
Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SSIS 2012) or SSIS 2014. When you try to load an XML document that has DateTime data type and contains time zone information, you receive the following error message:
[XML Source 1 [9]] Error: The error "Specified cast is not valid." occurred while processing "XML Source 1.Outputs[r].Columns[<ColumnName>]".
Note The SSIS XML source component sets the data type of the column as DT_DBTIMESTAMP. It does not contain time zone information. In advanced editor, when you try to change the data type of the column for both External Columns and Output Columns to preserve the time zone information, you encounter the previously mentioned error message.
Resolution
The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 /en-us/help/3067839
Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/3031047
Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/3011055
Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/3007556
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
