"""changed the type of the column 'last_modified' to string. Revision ID: 17dcb75f3fe Revises: cde34831ea Create Date: 2015-03-10 14:20:53.676344 """ # revision identifiers, used by Alembic. from alembic import op import sqlalchemy as sa from datetime import datetime revision = "17dcb75f3fe" down_revision = "cde34831ea" def upgrade(): unix_start = datetime(1970, 1, 1) op.drop_column("feed", "last_modified") op.add_column( "feed", sa.Column( "last_modified", sa.String(), nullable=True, default=unix_start, server_default=str(unix_start), ), )