{"section":"known-issues","requestedLocale":"en","requestedSlug":"create-product-api-doesnt-send-nulls-as-release-date-values","locale":"en","slug":"create-product-api-doesnt-send-nulls-as-release-date-values","path":"docs/en/known-issues/Catalog/create-product-api-doesnt-send-nulls-as-release-date-values.md","branch":"main","content":"## Summary\n\n\nWhen using the create or update product APIs in the catalog application: https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/catalog-api#post-/api/catalog/pvt/product and sending the field releaseDate as null, in its value, it is created with the current date instead.\n\n\n##\n\n## Simulation\n\n\n1 - Create or update a new product, in your store, via the mentioned API, passing, in its request body, the releaseDate field as a null.\n2 - Access the catalog admin UI or use a GET in the same API path to fetch the sent data\n3 - The releaseDate field will be displaying the sent date's value instead of a null.\n\n\n##\n\n## Workaround\n\n\n-"}