# Current date/time - how to store with comments? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/current-date-time-how-to-store-with-comments/76528 "2006-03-04T05:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hreyaatnh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/current-date-time-how-to-store-with-comments/76528/1 "2006-03-04T05:27:03Z")
Can someone tell me how to store the current date/time when someone posts a comment on my blog? I could even update the comments table after the comment is saved in the controller, but I’m not sure how to do that either. Thanks for any help… ---
**Author:** ![hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hreyaatnh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/current-date-time-how-to-store-with-comments/76528/2 "2006-03-04T05:33:38Z")
Create a field called created\_at and/or updated\_at and Rails will do it all automatically. Make sure it’s a datetime (that’s in postgres, not sure what the mysql equivalent is). You can also just make a datetime field called whatever you want, and do something like: comment.posted\_at = Time.now and save it yourself…but it’s easier/more railsy to just use the “magic” fields created\_at/updated\_at. Pat ---
**Author:** ![hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@hreyaatnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hreyaatnh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/current-date-time-how-to-store-with-comments/76528/3 "2006-03-04T05:34:25Z")
Thanks, that was easy!