Now() function is not updating on new item to proper time

ganeshsanap 

So there is no possible way to make a field equal todays date/time consistently? Its not a calculated column, just a Date/Date and Time column with a default value. And it doesn't update when we create a new record. 

That seems like a massive oversight by Microsoft. Every other system I know can do this (NAV, BC, Access) I could even write it up in PHP or JS. 

Our page might be open for days at a time (we're running a facility and tracking events), and this is a very painful feature because it makes errors in data entry common. If there is a fix i would love to know, else i will have to move to the whole facility to another program. 

Its definetly not a problem with performance. the system stores the date, all the system needs to do is access System.Time and retrieve it.