{Error Resolution}DateTime is less than minimum value supported by CrmDateTime error in Dynamics CRM 2016 in a plugin

Recently users started randomly reporting an error when they hit a custom ribbon button on a custom entity which used to trigger a plugin.

The log they were able to download had the following error:

Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault, Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]]: DateTime is less than minumum value supported by CrmDateTime. Actual value: 01/01/0001 00:00:00, Minimum value supported: 01/01/1753 00:00:00Detail:

<OrganizationServiceFault xmlns:i=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221; xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts”&gt;

  <ErrorCode>-2147220935</ErrorCode>

  <ErrorDetails xmlns:d2p1=”http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic&#8221; />

  <Message>DateTime is less than minumum value supported by CrmDateTime. Actual value: 01/01/0001 00:00:00, Minimum value supported: 01/01/1753 00:00:00</Message>

  <Timestamp>2016-07-12T11:19:59.489724Z</Timestamp>

  <InnerFault i:nil=”true” />

  <TraceText>

[CRM.Plugins:.CRM.Plugins.PreCreateUpdate]

[944f9582-fb77-e511-8102-3863bb357c38: CRM.Plugins.PreCreateUpdate: Update of]

</TraceText>

</OrganizationServiceFault>

Issue Resolution:

A quick check on the code told the reason. A developer had set CRM Date Time field to 01/01/0001.

Smallest Date Time possible to be set in CRM is 01/01/1753.

Here is the official Note on MSDN:

Detailed Read: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn996866.aspx

Hope it helps and Happy CRMing!

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