From e0da67fef7c2eb9ca9467d59dcea565fce4d8afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rijkvanzanten <rijkvanzanten@me.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:48:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix default value on create for boolean fields

Fixes #3398
---
 api/src/services/fields.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/src/services/fields.ts b/api/src/services/fields.ts
index a9cfd3d588..9255cfc0de 100644
--- a/api/src/services/fields.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/fields.ts
@@ -365,8 +365,12 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			column = table[field.type](field.field);
 		}
 
-		if (field.schema?.default_value) {
-			column.defaultTo(field.schema.default_value);
+		if (field.schema?.default_value !== undefined) {
+			if (typeof field.schema.default_value === 'string' && field.schema.default_value.toLowerCase() === 'now()') {
+				column.defaultTo(this.knex.fn.now());
+			} else {
+				column.defaultTo(field.schema.default_value);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (field.schema?.is_nullable !== undefined && field.schema.is_nullable === false) {