null value in date field

I have a form that contains optional DATE fields.  To enter null 
values, I've tried null, 'null', '', '-', '0', 0, and each time I get 
one of the following errors:

ERROR:  Bad numeric input format ''

ERROR:  Bad date external representation ''

Is there a correct way to enter null values into DATE fields?

Thanks,
Jeff Deroshia


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