SQL Server: if “datetime2” < 1753, then “datetime” NULL?

Question

My intention is to insert data from source table into target table. Source table has datetime2 column and target table has datetime column. If datetime2 value does not fit (< year 1753) into datetime field, it will be converted to null . Here is an example

DROP TABLE dbo.test1
--source table
CREATE TABLE dbo.test1 (wday DATETIME2 NULL)
go

INSERT  INTO dbo.test1
        (wday
        )
        SELECT  '2008-02-01 00:00:00.000'
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  '2009-02-01 00:00:00.000'
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  '0001-02-01 00:00:00.000'

DROP TABLE dbo.test2
--target table
CREATE TABLE dbo.test2 (wday DATETIME NULL)
go

--insert only valid datetime dates, < 1753 will be converted to nulls
INSERT INTO dbo.test2
        (wday
        )
        SELECT  CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(YEAR, dbo.test1.wday, GETDATE()) < 111
                     THEN NULL
                     ELSE CAST(dbo.test1.wday AS DATETIME)
                END
        FROM    dbo.test1

The code does not work. Also using datediff here is not valid logic, how to implement this?

Answer 1

why not just

INSERT  dbo.test2
        (wday
        )
        SELECT  CASE WHEN dbo.test1.wday < '17530101'
                     THEN NULL
                     ELSE CAST(dbo.test1.wday AS DATETIME)
                END
        FROM    dbo.test1

Answer 2

Another option:

--insert only valid datetime dates, < 1753 will be converted to nulls
INSERT INTO dbo.test2
        (wday
        )
        SELECT  CASE WHEN DATEPART(YEAR, dbo.test1.wday) < 1753
                     THEN NULL
                     ELSE CAST(dbo.test1.wday AS DATETIME)
                END
        FROM    dbo.test1