How to set to NULL a datetime with 0000-00-00 00:00:00 value?

Question

I need to change a few values on my DB.

I forgot to set nullable to the table and it set to 0000-00-00 00:00:00 by default.

Now I need to convert that value in <

Answer 1

You need to first make the column nullable:

@Mysql5.7

Wrong :

update episodes set `ending` = NULL WHERE `ending` = '0000-00-00'

Correct :

update episodes set `ending` = NULL WHERE `ending` = 0000-00-00

Note: Remove the quote from the date value in your where clause. Hope it help someone