To add current date or time or timestamp in DB field automatically Using Rules in model use it like below : <?php/** * @return array validation rules for model attributes. */public function rules(){ return array( array(‘title’,’length’,’max’=>255), array(‘title, created, modified’, ‘required’), array(‘modified’,’default’, ‘value’=>new CDbExpression(‘NOW()’), ‘setOnEmpty’=>false,’on’=>’update’), array(‘created,modified’,’default’, ‘value’=>new CDbExpression(‘NOW()’), ‘setOnEmpty’=>false,’on’=>’insert’) );}?>