diff --git a/c/driver/sqlite/statement_reader.c b/c/driver/sqlite/statement_reader.c
index 38f1182919..b50ff58c9c 100644
--- a/c/driver/sqlite/statement_reader.c
+++ b/c/driver/sqlite/statement_reader.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static AdbcStatusCode ArrowDate32ToIsoString(int32_t value, char** buf,
 #endif
 
   struct tm broken_down_time;
-  time = -1;  // debug
+  time = -20000;  // debug
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
   if (gmtime_s(&broken_down_time, &time) != 0) {