Eloquent: Invalid default value with timestamps

Question

Here's my migration schema:

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('objects', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->timestamp('timestamp1');
        $table->timestamp('timestamp2');
    });
}

But when I execute php artisan migrate, I get this error:

Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1067 Invalid default value for 'timestamp2' (SQL: create table objects (id int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key, timestamp1 timestamp not null, timestamp2 timestamp not null) default character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_ci)

I must indicate that when I remove one of the 2 $table->timestamp(...); lines it works, but it doesn't when there is both. And the Object.php model is empty as it can be. Did I make a mistake?

I have read this post, but even though there is no longer errors when I change timestamp(...) into dateTime(...), I only want timestamps.

Answer 1

Timestamps are a little special, they must either be nullable or they must have a default value. So you must choose between timestamp('timestamp1')->nullable(); or timestamp('timestamp1')->useCurrent() or a custom default value like timestamp('timestamp1')->default(DB::raw('2018-01-01 15:23')).