title: Data type for storing a date prior to 1970-01-01
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3706937/dates-before-january-1st-1970">Dates before January 1st, 1970</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm looking for a standard solution for storing a date that may have a value earlier than 1970-01-01. Joda-time based solution is appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>For example, I want to store a release date of an album "The Voice of Frank Sinatra", which is March 4, 1946.</p>