diff --git a/core/event.class.inc.php b/core/event.class.inc.php
index 90d900257..6a731f1cc 100644
--- a/core/event.class.inc.php
+++ b/core/event.class.inc.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Event extends DBObject implements iDisplay
 		MetaModel::Init_Params($aParams);
 		//MetaModel::Init_InheritAttributes();
 		MetaModel::Init_AddAttribute(new AttributeText("message", array("allowed_values"=>null, "sql"=>"message", "default_value"=>null, "is_null_allowed"=>false, "depends_on"=>array())));
-		MetaModel::Init_AddAttribute(new AttributeDateTime("date", array("allowed_values"=>null, "sql"=>"date", "default_value"=>"", "is_null_allowed"=>false, "depends_on"=>array())));
+		MetaModel::Init_AddAttribute(new AttributeDateTime("date", array("allowed_values"=>null, "sql"=>"date", "default_value"=>"now", "is_null_allowed"=>false, "depends_on"=>array())));
 		MetaModel::Init_AddAttribute(new AttributeString("userinfo", array("allowed_values"=>null, "sql"=>"userinfo", "default_value"=>null, "is_null_allowed"=>true, "depends_on"=>array())));
 //		MetaModel::Init_AddAttribute(new AttributeString("userinfo", array("allowed_values"=>null, "sql"=>"userinfo", "default_value"=>null, "is_null_allowed"=>true, "depends_on"=>array())));
 
diff --git a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/EventIssueTest.php b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/EventIssueTest.php
index 62faa35a4..400a37180 100644
--- a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/EventIssueTest.php
+++ b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/EventIssueTest.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class EventIssueTest extends ItopDataTestCase
 			$oEventIssue->DBInsert();
 		}
 		catch (CoreException $e) {
-			$this->fail('we should be able to persist the object though it contains long values in its attributes');
+			$this->fail('we should be able to persist the object though it contains long values in its attributes: '.$e->getMessage());
 		}
 		$this->assertTrue(true);
 	}