Mysql: Error: "Incorrect datetime value: '0000-00-00' for column..." on mysql 5.7 and above

Created on 22 Dec 2017 · 6Comments · Source: go-sql-driver/mysql

Issue description

I've inserted a "zero" time.Time object to a table with a DATETIME column, and get Incorrect datetime value: '0000-00-00' for column error.

Example code

The below code fails:

package main

import (
    "database/sql"
    "log"
    "time"

    _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)

func main() {
    db, _ := sql.Open("mysql", "root:secret@(127.0.0.1:3306)/test")
    _, err := db.Exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS daty (col DATETIME)")
    if err != nil {
        log.Panicf("Failed create: %s", err)
    }
    _, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO daty (col) VALUES (?)", time.Time{})
    if err != nil {
        log.Panicf("Failed insert: %s", err)
    }
}

Replacing time.Time{} with time.Now() will cause the code not to fail.

Configuration

*Driver version (or git SHA): 9181e3a86a19bacd63e68d43ae8b7b36320d8092 (master)
*Go version: go version go1.9 linux/amd64
*Server version: mysql 8.0.3, 5.7.20
*Server OS: fedora 26

Source