How to create a datetime column with default value in sqlite3?

Is there a way to create a table in sqlite3 that has a datetime column that defaults to 'now'?

The following statement returns a syntax error:

create table tbl1(id int primary key, dt datetime default datetime('now'));

Update: Here's the correct ddl courtesy of https://stackoverflow.com/users/242897/sky-sanders">Sky Sanders:

create table tbl1(id int primary key, dt datetime default current_timestamp);

Try this:

create table tbl1(id int primary key, dt datetime default current_timestamp);

Background: > The DEFAULT constraint specifies a > default value to use when doing an > INSERT. The value may be NULL, a > string constant, a number, or a > constant expression enclosed in > parentheses. The default value may > also be one of the special > case-independant keywords > CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_DATE or > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. If the value is > NULL, a string constant or number, it > is inserted into the column whenever > an INSERT statement that does not > specify a value for the column is > executed. If the value is > CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_DATE or > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, then the current > UTC date and/or time is inserted into > the columns. For CURRENT_TIME, the > format is HH:MM:SS. For CURRENT_DATE, > YYYY-MM-DD. The format for > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is "YYYY-MM-DD > HH:MM:SS".

From http://www.sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html

... default (datetime(current_timestamp))

The expression following default must be in parentheses. This form is useful if you want to perform date arithmetic using SQLite date and time functions or modifiers.

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is a literal-value just like 'mystring'

column-constraint:

literal-value:

you can use the following query for using current date value in your table

create table tablename (date_field_name Created_on default CURRENT_DATE);