"""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. revision = '17dcb75f3fe' down_revision = 'cde34831ea' from alembic import op import sqlalchemy as sa from datetime import datetime 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))) def downgrade(): unix_start = datetime(1970, 1, 1) op.drop_column('feed', 'last_modified') op.add_column('feed', sa.Column('last_modified', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True, default=unix_start, server_default=unix_start))