diff --git a/lib/dao-factory.js b/lib/dao-factory.js
index a4a50aebc236..8e66c6215dd5 100644
--- a/lib/dao-factory.js
+++ b/lib/dao-factory.js
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
         var value = null
 
         if(self.rawAttributes.hasOwnProperty(name) && self.rawAttributes[name].hasOwnProperty('defaultValue')) {
-            value = self.rawAttributes[name].defaultValue
+          value = Utils.toDefaultValue(self.rawAttributes[name].defaultValue)
         }
 
         instance[name] = value
diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index 24bb5b530b59..7fded054a5bb 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -249,8 +249,9 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     }
 
     Utils._.map(defaults, function(value, attr) {
-      if(!self.hasOwnProperty(attr))
-        self.addAttribute(attr, value)
+      if(!self.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
+        self.addAttribute(attr, Utils.toDefaultValue(value))
+      }
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/data-types.js b/lib/data-types.js
index 6688e4a13b26..78a69ea15efb 100644
--- a/lib/data-types.js
+++ b/lib/data-types.js
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ module.exports = {
   INTEGER: 'INTEGER',
   DATE: 'DATETIME',
   BOOLEAN: 'TINYINT(1)',
-  FLOAT: 'FLOAT'
+  FLOAT: 'FLOAT',
+  NOW: 'NOW'
 }