diff --git a/core/model/DataObject.php b/core/model/DataObject.php
index 6299528de..400f7ef35 100755
--- a/core/model/DataObject.php
+++ b/core/model/DataObject.php
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 
 						// Add the class name to the base object
 						if($idx == 0) {
-							$manipulation[$class]['fields']["LastEdited"] = SS_Datetime::now()->URLDate();
+							$manipulation[$class]['fields']["LastEdited"] = "'".SS_Datetime::now()->Rfc2822()."'";
 							if($dbCommand == 'insert') {
-								$manipulation[$class]['fields']["Created"] = SS_Datetime::now()->URLDate();
+								$manipulation[$class]['fields']["Created"] = "'".SS_Datetime::now()->Rfc2822()."'";
 								//echo "<li>$this->class - " .get_class($this);
 								$manipulation[$class]['fields']["ClassName"] = "'$this->class'";
 							}
@@ -1057,9 +1057,9 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 			$this->flushCache();
 
 			if(!isset($this->record['Created'])) {
-				$this->record['Created'] = SS_Datetime::now()->URLDate();
+				$this->record['Created'] = SS_Datetime::now()->Rfc2822();
 			}
-			$this->record['LastEdited'] = SS_Datetime::now()->URLDate();
+			$this->record['LastEdited'] = SS_Datetime::now()->Rfc2822();
 		}
 
 		// Write ComponentSets as necessary
diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/Date.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/Date.php
index 416dc6950..60a7a12cb 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/Date.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/Date.php
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ class Date extends DBField {
 		if($this->value) return date('r', strtotime($this->value));
 	}
 	
+	function Rfc2822() {
+		if($this->value) return date('Y-m-d g:i:s', strtotime($this->value));
+	}
+	
 	function Rfc3339() {
 		$timestamp = ($this->value) ? strtotime($this->value) : false;
 		if(!$timestamp) return false;