diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
index 98f14f5..a1f3c36 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
     @categories = @module_app.categories.enabled
     @statuses = []
     @bulletin = Bulletin.new
+    @bulletin.email_sentdate = Time.now
   end
 
   def create
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
     @tags =@module_app.tags
     @categories = @module_app.categories.enabled
     @statuses = []
+    @bulletin.email_sentdate = Time.now if @bulletin.email_sent == false
   end
 
   def update
diff --git a/app/models/bulletin.rb b/app/models/bulletin.rb
index f1e5e82..72562bd 100644
--- a/app/models/bulletin.rb
+++ b/app/models/bulletin.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Bulletin
 
   field :email_id
   field :email_sent, :type => Boolean, :default => false
-  field :email_sentdate , :type => DateTime, :default => Time.now+1.day
+  field :email_sentdate , :type => DateTime
   field :email_member_ids
   field :other_mailaddress