# Why is Neo4j storing my dateTime as 0000-01-01T00:00:00Z? (GRANDstack)

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/why-is-neo4j-storing-my-datetime-as-0000-01-01t0000z-grandstack/24189>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** grandstack\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/why-is-neo4j-storing-my-datetime-as-0000-01-01t0000z-grandstack/24189 "2020-08-27T23:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonathan.dryhurst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonathan.dryhurst/32/9452_2.png) [@jonathan.dryhurst](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonathan.dryhurst)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/why-is-neo4j-storing-my-datetime-as-0000-01-01t0000z-grandstack/24189/1 "2020-08-27T23:58:45Z")

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Why is Neo4j storing my dateTime as 0000-01-01T00:00:00Z?

My TypeDef looks like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/2X/4/44e7b1925e626c94d304ee4534550f1482db80eb.png)

i am sending the following neo4jDateTime object:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/2X/1/19fb4963a0235a1ea3211d7e8cf60ab44b8ea4ca.png)

and in neo4j: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/2X/2/2bcd319c88f3736bae0d0516e583220f835f5dfd.png)

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**Author:** ![jonathan.dryhurst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonathan.dryhurst/32/9452_2.png) [@jonathan.dryhurst](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonathan.dryhurst)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/why-is-neo4j-storing-my-datetime-as-0000-01-01t0000z-grandstack/24189/2 "2020-08-28T02:04:31Z")

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never mind i was passing null to all the dateTime properties by accident