Fixed default date

Fixes #678

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Change Description

The "zero" default date in

cannot be parsed by my std library.
Replacing it by "0000-01-01T00:00:00Z" works just fine.

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Test Description

Benchmark and all tests run.

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Documentation Impact

N/A

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