diff --git a/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/Constants.java b/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/Constants.java
index b40d652..f15c638 100644
--- a/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/Constants.java
+++ b/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/Constants.java
@@ -73,4 +73,6 @@ public interface Constants {
 
   String PRIMARY_KEY_NAME = "PRIMARY_KEY";
 
+  String ZERO_DATETIME = "0000-00-00 00:00:00";
+
 }
diff --git a/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/Utils.java b/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/Utils.java
index 3b0fafb..ca52c05 100644
--- a/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/Utils.java
+++ b/innodb-java-reader/src/main/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/Utils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.sql.Time;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 import static com.alibaba.innodb.java.reader.Constants.MIN_RECORD_4;
 import static com.alibaba.innodb.java.reader.Constants.MIN_RECORD_5;
 import static com.alibaba.innodb.java.reader.Constants.MIN_VAL;
+import static com.alibaba.innodb.java.reader.Constants.ZERO_DATETIME;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 
 /**
@@ -448,6 +451,14 @@ public static String formatIntLessThan100(int val) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("not possible");
   }
 
+  public static Timestamp convertDateTime(String s, int precision) {
+    // FIXME
+    if (s.startsWith(ZERO_DATETIME)) {
+      return new Timestamp(0L);
+    }
+    return Timestamp.valueOf(Utils.parseDateTimeText(s, precision));
+  }
+
   public static LocalDateTime parseDateTimeText(String s) {
     return parseDateTimeText(s, 0);
   }
@@ -459,6 +470,10 @@ public static LocalDateTime parseDateTimeText(String s, int precision) {
     return LocalDateTime.parse(s, TIME_FORMAT_TIMESTAMP[precision]);
   }
 
+  public static Time convertTime(String s, int precision) {
+    return Time.valueOf(Utils.parseTimeText(s, precision));
+  }
+
   public static LocalTime parseTimeText(String s) {
     return parseTimeText(s, 0);
   }
diff --git a/innodb-java-reader/src/test/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/UtilsTest.java b/innodb-java-reader/src/test/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/UtilsTest.java
index 3cc618f..e066873 100644
--- a/innodb-java-reader/src/test/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/innodb-java-reader/src/test/java/com/alibaba/innodb/java/reader/util/UtilsTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.sql.Time;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -399,6 +401,13 @@ public void testProcessFileWithDelimiter() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConvertDateTimeText() {
+    String s = "2020-05-01 12:15:59";
+    Timestamp dt = Utils.convertDateTime(s, 0);
+    assertThat(dt.toString(), is("2020-05-01 12:15:59.0"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testParseDateTimeText() {
     String s = "2020-05-01 12:15:59";
@@ -479,6 +488,13 @@ public void testParseTimeText() {
     assertThat(time.toString(), is("12:15:59.500"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConvertTimeText() {
+    String s = "12:15:59";
+    Time time = Utils.convertTime(s, 0);
+    assertThat(time.toString(), is("12:15:59"));
+  }
+
   @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
   public void testParseTimeTextNegate2() {
     String s = "12:15:59.456789";