diff --git a/src/models/schema-items/schema-date.ts b/src/models/schema-items/schema-date.ts
index c7b96001..2fd7976c 100644
--- a/src/models/schema-items/schema-date.ts
+++ b/src/models/schema-items/schema-date.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 export class SchemaDate extends SchemaItem<number> {
     public useNow: boolean;
 
-	/**
-	 * Creates a new schema item
-	 * @param name The name of this item
-	 * @param val The date of this item. If none is specified the Date.now() number is used.
+    /**
+     * Creates a new schema item
+     * @param name The name of this item
+     * @param val The date of this item. If none is specified the Date.now() number is used.
      * @param useNow [Optional] If true, the date will always be updated to use the current date
-	 */
-    constructor( name: string, val: number = 0, useNow: boolean = false ) {
+     */
+    constructor( name: string, val: number = 0, useNow: boolean = true ) {
         super( name, val );
         this.useNow = useNow;
     }
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ export class SchemaDate extends SchemaItem<number> {
 	 * @returns
 	 */
     public clone( copy?: SchemaDate ): SchemaDate {
-        copy = copy === undefined ? new SchemaDate( this.name, <number>this.value ) : copy;
+        copy = !copy ? new SchemaDate( this.name, <number>this.value ) : copy;
         copy.useNow = this.useNow;
         super.clone( copy );
         return copy;
     }
 
-	/**
-	 * Checks the value stored to see if its correct in its current form
-	 */
+    /**
+     * Checks the value stored to see if its correct in its current form
+     */
     public validate(): Promise<boolean | Error> {
         if ( this.useNow )
             this.value = Date.now();
diff --git a/test/tests/posts.js b/test/tests/posts.js
index 6147b430..00976ac9 100644
--- a/test/tests/posts.js
+++ b/test/tests/posts.js
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ describe( 'Testing all post related endpoints', function() {
                     .string( res.body.data.tags[ 0 ] ).is( "super-tags-1234" )
                     .string( res.body.data.tags[ 1 ] ).is( "supert-tags-4321" )
                     .string( res.body.data._id )
-
+                    .number( res.body.data.createdOn ).isGreaterThan( 0 )
+                    .number( res.body.data.lastUpdated ).isGreaterThan( 0 )
 
                 done();
             });