select * from table
>> Mysql2::Error: Invalid date: 1900-00-00

mysql --version
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.61, for debian-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 6.1

mysql> select @@global.sql_mode;
+-------------------+
| @@global.sql_mode |
+-------------------+
|                   |

SET SQL_MODE='TRADITIONAL,ALLOW_INVALID_DATES';

set global sql_mode="NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION";

[mysqld]
sql_mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ALLOW_INVALID_DATES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

sudo service mysql restart