title: TSQL Default Minimum DateTime
body: <p>Using Transact SQL is there a way to specify a default datetime on a column (in the create table statement) such that the datetime is the minimum possible value for datetime values?</p>
  
  <pre>
  create table atable
  (
    atableID int IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
    Modified datetime DEFAULT XXXXX??????
  )
  </pre>
  
  <p>Perhaps I should just leave it null.</p>