Conversion of nvarchar to datetime. Is this possible??

The transaction_date is datetime and date1 is nvarchar.
When I run the script:
Insert into payment(transaction_date)
Select convert (datetime, date1) from dep01

I get the following message:

Server: Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
The statement has been terminated.

Thanks in advance, Mike

when converting into datetime provide the STYLE. Refer BOL

CONVERT (data_type[(length)], expression [, style])



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Mike at 8/22/00 11:10:07 AM

The transaction_date is datetime and date1 is nvarchar.
When I run the script:
Insert into payment(transaction_date)
Select convert (datetime, date1) from dep01

I get the following message:

Server: Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
The statement has been terminated.

Thanks in advance, Mike