From b26c2e7da19579bf914a870d8925b43a4be58e73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Crosby <scrosby@cs.rice.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:24:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Define NODATE as Date(-1), or a date before 1970.

---
 src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
index 7c148c0..d36dfeb 100644
--- a/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
+++ b/src.java/crosby/binary/BinaryParser.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public abstract class BinaryParser implements BlockReaderAdapter {
       } else
           return NODATE;
     }
-    public static final Date NODATE = new Date(0);
+    public static final Date NODATE = new Date(-1);
 
     /** Get a string based on the index used. 
      *