title: 'news_from_date' in Magento
body: <p>I am using the Magento API to make a product "New" with the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>'news_from_date' =&gt; date("d/m/Y h:i:s");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>using <code>catalog_product.update</code></p>
  
  <p>This works perfectly fine and shows the item as "New"</p>
  
  <p>However, I am now trying to make an item previously marked as "New" not to be new. I thought I could do this again with catalog_product.update and just making</p>
  
  <pre><code>'news_from_date' =&gt; null;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this only sets the date to - 30/11/1999 which obviously keeps the item as "New" Can someone point me in the right direction?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have also tried the following with no joy -</p>
  
  <pre><code>'news_from_date' =&gt; "00/00/00 00:00:00";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>