diff --git a/docs/resources/kubernetes_cluster.md b/docs/resources/kubernetes_cluster.md
index 4e5b0368..d566273d 100644
--- a/docs/resources/kubernetes_cluster.md
+++ b/docs/resources/kubernetes_cluster.md
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Required:
 
 - `enable_kubernetes_version_updates` (Boolean) Flag to enable/disable auto-updates of the Kubernetes version
 - `enable_machine_image_version_updates` (Boolean) Flag to enable/disable auto-updates of the OS image version
-- `end` (String) RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window end. i.e. `2019-08-24T23:30:00Z`
-- `start` (String) RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window start. i.e. `2019-08-24T23:00:00Z`
+- `end` (String) RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window end. i.e. `0000-01-01T23:30:00Z`
+- `start` (String) RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window start. i.e. `0000-01-01T23:00:00Z`
 
 
 <a id="nestedatt--node_pools"></a>
diff --git a/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/actions.go b/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/actions.go
index b3f913e1..7bb20805 100644
--- a/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/actions.go
+++ b/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/actions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cluster
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -95,6 +96,12 @@ func (r Resource) createOrUpdateCluster(ctx context.Context, diags *diag.Diagnos
 		},
 	)
 	if agg := validate.Response(resp, err); agg != nil {
+		if resp != nil && resp.JSON400 != nil {
+			b, err := json.MarshalIndent(*resp.JSON400, "", " ")
+			if err == nil {
+				diags.AddError("server response", string(b))
+			}
+		}
 		diags.AddError("failed during SKE create/update", agg.Error())
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/schema.go b/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/schema.go
index 90ec9f5f..96559bf9 100644
--- a/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/schema.go
+++ b/stackit/internal/resources/kubernetes/cluster/schema.go
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package cluster
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/SchwarzIT/community-stackit-go-client/pkg/services/kubernetes/v1.0/cluster"
 	clientValidate "github.com/SchwarzIT/community-stackit-go-client/pkg/validate"
 	"github.com/SchwarzIT/terraform-provider-stackit/stackit/internal/common"
 	"github.com/SchwarzIT/terraform-provider-stackit/stackit/pkg/validate"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-timeouts/resource/timeouts"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators/stringvalidator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/booldefault"
@@ -265,12 +267,18 @@ func (r *Resource) Schema(ctx context.Context, req resource.SchemaRequest, resp
 						Required:    true,
 					},
 					"start": schema.StringAttribute{
-						Description: "RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window start. i.e. `2019-08-24T23:00:00Z`",
+						Description: "RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window start. i.e. `0000-01-01T23:00:00Z`",
 						Required:    true,
+						Validators: []validator.String{
+							stringvalidator.RegexMatches(regexp.MustCompile(`^(0000-01-01T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z)$`), "validate RFC3339 date time that starts with 0000-01-01"),
+						},
 					},
 					"end": schema.StringAttribute{
-						Description: "RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window end. i.e. `2019-08-24T23:30:00Z`",
+						Description: "RFC3339 Date time for maintenance window end. i.e. `0000-01-01T23:30:00Z`",
 						Required:    true,
+						Validators: []validator.String{
+							stringvalidator.RegexMatches(regexp.MustCompile(`^(0000-01-01T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z)$`), "validate RFC3339 date time that starts with 0000-01-01"),
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},