diff --git a/sql/base/realmd.sql b/sql/base/realmd.sql
index 58b0ba8e5e5..c34cadc00e4 100644
--- a/sql/base/realmd.sql
+++ b/sql/base/realmd.sql
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `realmd_db_version`;
 CREATE TABLE `realmd_db_version` (
-  `required_14064_01_realmd_platform` bit(1) DEFAULT NULL
+  `required_14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime` bit(1) DEFAULT NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC COMMENT='Last applied sql update to DB';
 
 --
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `account` (
   `v` longtext,
   `s` longtext,
   `email` text,
-  `joindate` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  `joindate` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
   `lockedIp` varchar(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0.0.0',
   `failed_logins` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `locked` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
diff --git a/sql/updates/realmd/14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime.sql b/sql/updates/realmd/14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4368e082cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/updates/realmd/14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ALTER TABLE realmd_db_version CHANGE COLUMN required_14064_01_realmd_platform required_14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime bit;
+
+ALTER TABLE `account` MODIFY joindate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW();
+
+
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_sql.h b/src/shared/revision_sql.h
index 6f73e939627..7b3e9c5d09a 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_sql.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_sql.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_SQL_H__
 #define __REVISION_SQL_H__
- #define REVISION_DB_REALMD "required_14064_01_realmd_platform"
+ #define REVISION_DB_REALMD "required_14083_01_realmd_joindate_datetime"
  #define REVISION_DB_LOGS "required_14039_01_logs_anticheat"
  #define REVISION_DB_CHARACTERS "required_14061_01_characters_fishingSteps"
  #define REVISION_DB_MANGOS "required_14082_01_mangos_spell_template"