 <p>alternative is to change the order of timestamp column </p> <p>OR </p> <p>set first column DEFAULT value like this</p> <pre><code>ALTER TABLE `tblname` CHANGE `first_timestamp_column` `first_timestamp_column` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0; </code></pre> <p><a href="http://jasonbos.co/two-timestamp-columns-in-mysql/" rel="nofollow"><code>Reference</code></a></p>