diff --git a/submissions/migrations/0042_auto_20170511_2321.py b/submissions/migrations/0042_auto_20170511_2321.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..20b3a653e5fc906c41d3159a46c85278dba8b182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submissions/migrations/0042_auto_20170511_2321.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.3 on 2017-05-11 21:21
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import datetime
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('submissions', '0041_auto_20170418_1022'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='submission',
+            name='submission_date',
+            field=models.DateField(default=datetime.date.today, verbose_name='submission date'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/submissions/models.py b/submissions/models.py
index 0a2b82f9ae8f5dfb2a42b6a9df8c0a3978d772e3..787754332f0ecdd4c01c8b9685b499e84333b448 100644
--- a/submissions/models.py
+++ b/submissions/models.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Submission(ArxivCallable, models.Model):
 
     # Metadata
     metadata = JSONField(default={}, blank=True, null=True)
-    submission_date = models.DateField(verbose_name='submission date', default=timezone.now)
+    submission_date = models.DateField(verbose_name='submission date', default=datetime.date.today)
     latest_activity = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
 
     objects = SubmissionManager()