MySQL timestamp formatting errors

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I'm continuing to have odd formatting errors when pulling data out of a MySQL database.  The one I'm currently having is with time values. 
The screenshot shows that the error is being generated in the Variant to Data.vi  The actual time stored in the database is 8:30AM  But when converted to timestamp, I get 8:29:59.999  Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to 'round' this value back to what I want either.  
I could go back to string outputs, since that particular error doesn't seem to propagate into a string.  But that messes with the rest of my application.  Going back to string output undoes a couple of days work, and leaves me with the problem of having to convert string 'time' back into timestamp that LabVIEW can understand.
The really odd thing is that 12:30 comes out as 12:30 just fine.  I'm not sure why this would be.  Any ideas?  
Patrick Allen
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There's no difference at all.  Changing the properties of the constant doesn't seem to effect the output at all. 
I'm trying to figure a way to convert the string back into a timestamp now via these instructions. http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361B-01/glang/scan_from_string/ (example at the bottom of the page)  
But my string out put is in the form 7/7/2009 8:30:00 AM  and there doesn't seem to be a way at all to use the scan from string tool to covert that back into a time stamp.  
Even if I manipulate my string output to be exactly 8:30:00 AM 7/7/2009, the example and any variation I can think of simply won't work.  I always get the error that the data is not in the expected format.   
Message Edited by pallen on 07-07-2009 12:05 PM
Patrick Allen