title: SQL Error [1525] [HY000]: Incorrect DATETIME value: ''
body: <p>I get the error <code>SQL Error [1525] [HY000]: Incorrect DATETIME value: ''</code> when running following query:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT * FROM mytable where date_time_column &gt;=''
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The query was working for the past few months and it started giving the above error since yesterday.</p>
  
  <p>My MySQL version is <code>8.0.17</code>. </p>
  
  <p>I tried running the code via older versions of my code and still get the same error.
  Even trying it in MySQL Workbench gives the same error.</p>
  
  <p>What Database config changes would have caused this?</p>