diff --git a/install/db/158-database.php b/install/db/158-database.php
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+<?php
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+// | This file is part of Piwigo.                                          |
+// |                                                                       |
+// | For copyright and license information, please view the COPYING.txt    |
+// | file that was distributed with this source code.                      |
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+if (!defined('PHPWG_ROOT_PATH'))
+{
+  die('Hacking attempt!');
+}
+
+$upgrade_description = 'set default date to 1970-01-01';
+
+$queries = array(
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'comments` CHANGE `date` `date` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'history` CHANGE `date` `date` date NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'images` CHANGE `date_available` `date_available` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'old_permalinks` CHANGE  `date_deleted` `date_deleted` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'rate` CHANGE `date` `date` date NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'sessions` CHANGE `expiration` `expiration` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'upgrade` CHANGE `applied` `applied` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+  'ALTER TABLE `'.PREFIX_TABLE.'user_infos` CHANGE `registration_date` `registration_date` datetime NOT NULL default \'1970-01-01 00:00:00\';',
+);
+
+foreach ($queries as $query)
+{
+  pwg_query($query);
+}
+
+echo "\n".$upgrade_description."\n";
+?>