diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializer.java
index 673daa50..8a7eb262 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializer.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ protected byte[] deserializeJson(int meta, ByteArrayInputStream inputStream) thr
 
     protected Long asUnixTime(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, int millis) {
         // https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/datetime.html
-        if (year == 0 || month == 0 || day == 0) {
+        if (month == 0 || day == 0) {
             return invalidDateAndTimeRepresentation;
         }
         return UnixTime.from(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millis);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializerTest.java
index 58672ac4..8c24afb0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/event/deserialization/AbstractRowsEventDataDeserializerTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public void testFrom() throws Exception {
             timestamp(1582, 10, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0));
         assetTimeEquals(UnixTime.from(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0),
             timestamp(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0));
+        assetTimeEquals(UnixTime.from(0000, 12, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+            timestamp(0000, 12, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0));
     }
 
     private void assetTimeEquals(long actual, long expected) {