Blank Dates Differ on SUSE

[MikeH30]

Does anyone know why a blank date from a mysql date field shows up in a php application differently on two different SUSE OS's? The blank date shows as follows on each machine:

"1969-12-31" - SLES10-SP2 ( php 5.2.5, mysql 5.0.26)
"-0001-11-30" - OpenSUSE11.1 (php 5.2.9, mysql 5.0.67)

I understand that "1969-12-31" is the UNIX time stamp. But what is "-0001-11-30"?

Both machines are 64 bit. My production box is SLES10-SP2 and my development box is OpenSUSE11.1

Thanks.

-Mike

[gogalthorp]

You are running different versions of mysql. This could be a bug in 5.0.67. At least it is more likely then the difference in OS's.

[MikeH30]

Thanks gogalthorp!