diff --git a/wp-comments-post.php b/wp-comments-post.php
index 502b00c8ec..14b2f44f28 100644
--- a/wp-comments-post.php
+++ b/wp-comments-post.php
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ if ($comment == 'comment' || $comment == '') {
 	die('Error: please type a comment.');
 }
 
-
-$now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+$now = current_time('mysql');
+$now_gmt = current_time('mysql', 1);
 
 
 $comment = balanceTags($comment, 1);
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ if ($ok) { // if there was no comment from this IP in the last 10 seconds
 	}
 
 	$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $tablecomments 
-	(comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP, comment_date, comment_content, comment_approved) 
+	(comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP, comment_date, comment_date_gmt, comment_content, comment_approved) 
 	VALUES 
-	('$comment_post_ID', '$author', '$email', '$url', '$user_ip', '$now', '$comment', '$approved')
+	('$comment_post_ID', '$author', '$email', '$url', '$user_ip', '$now', ,'$now_gmt', '$comment', '$approved')
 	");
 
 	$comment_ID = $wpdb->get_var('SELECT last_insert_id()');