pymssql/freetds date from sqlserver - date

Question

I am trying to get the date datatype from SQLserver 2014 as native python date through pymssql. Based on pymssql doc, I need to have 0.95+ freetds lib and 7.3 freetds ver.
# tsql -C
Compile-time settings (established with the "configure" script)
Version: freetds v0.95.8
freetds.conf directory: /etc
MS db-lib source compatibility: no
Sybase binary compatibility: no
Thread safety: yes
iconv library: yes
TDS version: 4.2
iODBC: no
unixodbc: yes
SSPI "trusted" logins: no
Kerberos: no
OpenSSL: no
GnuTLS: no
And I made following config:
#/etc/freetds.conf
[sqlsvr1]
host = sqlsvr1
port = 1433
tds version = 7.3
And I still get python string instead of date. This is from the TDSDUMPCONFIG. Is it because freetds 0.95.8 does not support tds 7.3? (The major/minor version seem to have been replace to 7/1).
config.c:620:IP addr is 172.16.12.26.
config.c:580: port = '1433'
config.c:580: tds version = '7.3'
config.c:886:Setting tds version to 7.3 (0x703).
config.c:568: Reached EOF
config.c:300:Success: [sqlsvr1] defined in /etc/freetds.conf.
config.c:765:Setting 'dump_file' to '/tmp/freetds.log' from $TDSDUMP.
config.c:689:tds_config_login: client_charset is UTF-8.
config.c:213:Final connection parameters:
config.c:214: server_name = sqlsvr1:1433
config.c:215: server_host_name = sqlsvr1
config.c:218: ip_addr = 172.16.12.26
config.c:218: ip_addr = 172.16.12.26
config.c:218: ip_addr = 172.16.12.26
config.c:223: instance_name =
config.c:224: port = 1433
config.c:225: major_version = 7
config.c:226: minor_version = 1
config.c:227: block_size = 0
config.c:228: language = us_english
config.c:229: server_charset =
config.c:230: connect_timeout = 0
config.c:231: client_host_name = rh1.int
config.c:232: client_charset = UTF-8
config.c:233: use_utf16 = 0
config.c:234: app_name = pymssql
config.c:235: user_name = USER
config.c:238: library = DB-Library
config.c:239: bulk_copy = 0
config.c:240: suppress_language = 0
config.c:241: encrypt level = 0
config.c:242: query_timeout = 0
config.c:245: database =
config.c:246: dump_file = /tmp/freetds.log
config.c:247: debug_flags = 0
config.c:248: text_size = 64512
config.c:249: emul_little_endian = 0
config.c:250: server_realm_name =
config.c:251: server_spn =
config.c:252: cafile =
config.c:253: crlfile =
If I set the tds version to 7.4 in the config, then I notice this error in the log:
config.c:580: tds version = '7.4'
config.c:881:error: no such version: 7.4
config.c:568: Reached EOF
config.c:213:Final connection parameters:
... ...
config.c:225: major_version = 7
config.c:226: minor_version = 1
Env: Linux/RH 6 + Python3.4.3 + pymssql(2.1.1) all x64
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You have most of the required pieces.
But the one missing is the fact you are using pymssql 2.1.1.
Support for the DATE and TIME data types is implemented but targeted for pymssql 2.2.0 which isn't released yet. If you need it now you'll need to build it yourself from the 'master' Git branch first.