diff --git a/dibi/libs/DibiRow.php b/dibi/libs/DibiRow.php
index 9a913248..194e6ed8 100644
--- a/dibi/libs/DibiRow.php
+++ b/dibi/libs/DibiRow.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DibiRow implements ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, Countable
 	{
 		$time = $this[$key];
 		if (!$time instanceof DibiDateTime) {
-			if ((int) $time === 0) { // '', NULL, FALSE, '0000-00-00', ...
+			if ((int) $time === 0 && substr((string) $time, 0, 3) !== '00:') { // '', NULL, FALSE, '0000-00-00', ...
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			$time = new DibiDateTime(is_numeric($time) ? date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $time) : $time);
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ class DibiRow implements ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, Countable
 	public function asTimestamp($key)
 	{
 		trigger_error(__METHOD__ . '() is deprecated.', E_USER_WARNING);
-		$time = $this[$key];
-		return (int) $time === 0 // '', NULL, FALSE, '0000-00-00', ...
-			? NULL
-			: (is_numeric($time) ? (int) $time : strtotime($time));
+		return $this->asDateTime($key, 'U');
 	}