diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.0.1
+
+* Bump time upper bound to 1.14, add round-trip test for 0-padded date.
+
 ## 2.5.0.0
 
 * Add explicit call to `finalizeForeignPtr` on connection disconnects. Ensures disconnects happen at the moment close is call, as opposed to when the GC frees the ForeignPtr.
diff --git a/HDBC-postgresql.cabal b/HDBC-postgresql.cabal
--- a/HDBC-postgresql.cabal
+++ b/HDBC-postgresql.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: HDBC-postgresql
-Version: 2.5.0.0
+Version: 2.5.0.1
 License: BSD3
 Maintainer: Nicolas Wu <nicolas.wu@gmail.com>
 Author: John Goerzen
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Cabal-Version: >=1.10
 
 custom-setup
-  setup-depends: Cabal >= 1.8 && < 3.3, base < 5
+  setup-depends: Cabal >= 1.8, base < 5
 
 Flag splitBase
   description: Choose the new smaller, split-up package.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   Build-Depends: base >= 3 && < 5, mtl, HDBC>=2.2.0, parsec, utf8-string,
                  bytestring, old-time, convertible
   if flag(minTime15)
-    Build-Depends: time >= 1.5 && < 1.10
+    Build-Depends: time >= 1.5 && < 1.14
     CPP-Options: -DMIN_TIME_15
   else
     Build-Depends: time < 1.5, old-locale
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
 Executable runtests
    if flag(buildtests)
       Buildable: True
-      Build-Depends: HUnit, QuickCheck, testpack, containers,
+      Build-Depends: HUnit, QuickCheck, containers,
                      convertible, parsec, utf8-string,
                      bytestring, old-time, base >= 4.6 && < 5.0, HDBC>=2.2.6
       if flag(minTime15)
-        Build-Depends: time >= 1.5 && < 1.9
+        Build-Depends: time >= 1.5 && < 1.14
         CPP-Options: -DMIN_TIME_15
       else
         Build-Depends: time < 1.5, old-locale
diff --git a/testsrc/TestSbasics.hs b/testsrc/TestSbasics.hs
--- a/testsrc/TestSbasics.hs
+++ b/testsrc/TestSbasics.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module TestSbasics(tests) where
 import Test.HUnit
+import Data.Convertible (convert)
 import Data.List
+import Data.Time (UTCTime(UTCTime), fromGregorian)
 import Database.HDBC
 import TestUtils
 import System.IO
@@ -153,6 +155,16 @@
                                )
     where rows = map (\x -> [Just . show $ x]) [1..9]
        
+testFirstCentury = dbTestCase $ \dbh ->
+  do -- we use UTC to avoid Local Mean Time which the 'time' library can't handle
+     runRaw dbh "SET TIMEZONE TO 'UTC';"
+     select <- prepare dbh "SELECT ? :: timestamptz;"
+     let time = UTCTime (fromGregorian 99 12 25) 0
+     execute select [toSql (convert time :: SqlValue)]
+     result <- fetchAllRows select
+     assertEqual "first century year can roundtrip"
+                 time (fromSql $ head $ head result)
+
 tests = TestList
         [
          TestLabel "openClosedb" openClosedb,
@@ -167,5 +179,6 @@
          TestLabel "sFetchAllRows" testsFetchAllRows,
          TestLabel "basicTransactions" basicTransactions,
          TestLabel "withTransaction" testWithTransaction,
-         TestLabel "dropTable" dropTable
+         TestLabel "dropTable" dropTable,
+         TestLabel "firstCentury" testFirstCentury
          ]