How to retrieve records with timestamp value '0001-01-01 00:00:00.000' in kafka-connect?

I am trying to retrieve records via timestamp mode from a table with timestamp values '0001-01-01 00:00:00.000'. I am also setting the initial timestamp to '0001-01-01 00:00:00.000' via timestamp.initial (earlier is not possible). Since the query generated by the TimestampTableQuerier looks like ts > ? and ts < ? I am never getting those records (ts >= ? would be needed in this case). Is there a way to achieve this?