diff --git a/src/sql/engines/sqlite.zig b/src/sql/engines/sqlite.zig
index a69de93..be94c7e 100644
--- a/src/sql/engines/sqlite.zig
+++ b/src/sql/engines/sqlite.zig
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ fn getColumn(stmt: *c.sqlite3_stmt, comptime T: type, idx: u15, alloc: ?Allocato
         c.SQLITE_FLOAT => getColumnFloat(stmt, T, idx),
         c.SQLITE_TEXT => getColumnText(stmt, T, idx, alloc),
         c.SQLITE_NULL => {
+            if (T == DateTime) {
+                std.log.warn("SQLite: Treating NULL as DateTime epoch", .{});
+                return std.mem.zeroes(DateTime);
+            }
+
             if (@typeInfo(T) != .Optional) {
                 std.log.err("SQLite column {}: Expected value of type {}, got (null)", .{ idx, T });
                 return error.ResultTypeMismatch;