# Error when using timestamp field

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/error-when-using-timestamp-field/1783>\
**Category:** REST API\
**Created:** [November 17, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/error-when-using-timestamp-field/1783 "2015-11-17T00:05:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/error-when-using-timestamp-field/1783/14 "2016-01-06T18:47:41Z")

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Thanks. That’s another issue we’re dealing with, and I wonder if they are related issues…  
You can work around this in mysql by adding a charset parameter to your service connection string. See [Problem it ö, ä, ü on MySQL](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/problem-it-o-a-u-on-mysql/1744/10)

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