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Documented server behaviour for out-of-range dates.

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@ -29339,6 +29339,15 @@ interpreted as the year @code{'2010-11-12'}. The value @code{'10:45:15'}
will be converted to @code{'0000-00-00'} because @code{'45'} is not a legal
month.
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The MySQL server only performs basic checking on the validity of a date:
days @code{00-31}, months @code{00-12}, years @code{1000-9999}.
Any date not within this range will revert to @code{0000-00-00}.
Please note that this still allows you to store invalid dates such as
@code{2002-04-31}. It allows web applications to store data from a form
without further checking. To ensure a date is valid, perform a check in
your application.
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Year values specified as two digits are ambiguous, because the century is
unknown. MySQL interprets 2-digit year values using the following