HBase translator - NPE if date value is 'null'

HBase table: create table smalla(intkey integer primary key,stringkey varchar(10),intnum integer,stringnum varchar(10),floatnum float,longnum bigint,doublenum float,bytenum tinyint,datevalue date,timevalue time,timestampvalue timestamp,booleanvalue boolean,charvalue char(1),shortvalue smallint,bigintegervalue decimal(20,0),bigdecimalvalue decimal(25,5),objectvalue varchar(500)); VDB table: CREATE FOREIGN TABLE SmallA (IntKey integer PRIMARY KEY, StringKey string, IntNum integer, StringNum string, FloatNum float, LongNum long, DoubleNum double, ByteNum byte, DateValue date, TimeValue time, TimestampValue timestamp, BooleanValue boolean, CharValue char, ShortValue short, BigIntegerValue biginteger, BigDecimalValue bigdecimal, ObjectValue object) OPTIONS (CARDINALITY 50, UPDATABLE 'TRUE');