java.sql.Date error (1 reply)

I just installed the MySQL Connector J (Version 5.1.22). I then created a document using LibreOffice (Version 3.6.4) Base to connect to a MySQL database. My initial queries and reports work well with one exception. I receive an error which says, "Value '0000-00-00' can not be represented as java.sql.Date", when I attempt to display a table which does contain dates. It seems like having unknown dates is quite normal and MySQL should be able to store them as it chooses. If java wants them in a different form, which of course is irrelevant to a user of LibreOffice Base, then isn't it the purpose of the JDBC connector to handle that properly. The Base user trying to create queries and reports is not able to dictate how information is stored in the database.

Is this a bug in the connector, or possibly LibreOffice, or have I overlooked something?