diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/TypeUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/TypeUtils.java
index 1e8027845..4a0888073 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/TypeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/TypeUtils.java
@@ -707,7 +707,8 @@ public class TypeUtils{
                 }
             }
         }
-        if(longValue <= 0){
+
+        if(longValue < 0){
             throw new JSONException("can not cast to Timestamp, value : " + value);
         }
         return new java.sql.Timestamp(longValue);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/parser/TypeUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/parser/TypeUtilsTest.java
index fb6e118db..e0d72a600 100755
--- a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/parser/TypeUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/parser/TypeUtilsTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.alibaba.json.bvt.parser;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -243,6 +244,10 @@ public class TypeUtilsTest extends TestCase {
         Assert.assertEquals(null, TypeUtils.castToTimestamp(null));
     }
 
+    public void test_cast_to_Timestamp_1970_01_01_00_00_00() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertEquals(new Timestamp(0), TypeUtils.castToTimestamp("1970-01-01 08:00:00"));
+    }
+
     public void test_cast_to_BigDecimal_same() throws Exception {
         BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal("123");
         Assert.assertEquals(true, value == TypeUtils.castToBigDecimal(value));