Autofiilling Date with 12/31/1969

Question

I have an editable feature service of tree with 3 date fields (date installed, date Removed, last update date).  Whenever a change is made to a feature all the date fields are auto populated with 12/31/1969, if I open it in desktop the dates are 1/1/1970.  How I change my feature service to allow a Null value (I know that 1/1/1970 is 0 in Unix time)?

BrittanyBurson · Answer

Hello! Here in 2020, still seeing this issue, with my Dashboard widget. The workaround (adding an "is not Null" filter) of course works, but does anybody have information about this in a more general sense? Will Null date values always default to this date?

Null values showing a date of 12/31/1969:

After adding an "is not Null" filter:

AnnalieseVollick · Answer

Did you find a way to manage this?  I have the same issue.