diff --git a/Koha/Object.pm b/Koha/Object.pm
index d388eadbdf..7ef2296789 100644
--- a/Koha/Object.pm
+++ b/Koha/Object.pm
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ sub store {
         }
         elsif ( _date_or_datetime_column_type( $columns_info->{$col}->{data_type} ) ) {
             # Set to null if an empty string (or == 0 but should not happen)
-            $self->$col(undef) unless $self->$col;
+            # Skip a default value for dates LIKE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+            # In DBIx represented as: default_value => \'now()'
+            $self->$col(undef) unless $self->$col || $columns_info->{$col}->{default_value};
         }
     }