Summary
In hibernate.cfg.xml:
<property name="hibernate.connection.zeroDateTimeBehavior">convertToNull</property>
In hibernate.properties:
hibernate.connection.zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull
In mysql-ds.xml file for JBOSS:
<connection-property name="zeroDateTimeBehavior">convertToNull</connection-property>
In JDBC URL:
jdbc:mysql://yourserver:3306/yourdatabase?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull