diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
index 5e34e8c6a..515e02aa1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
     public static final String TABLE_NAME_SUM = "summaries";
     public static final String TABLE_NAME_OBITS = "obits";
     private static final String DB_NAME = "xwdb";
-    private static final int DB_VERSION = 6;
+    private static final int DB_VERSION = 7;
 
     public static final String FILE_NAME = "FILE_NAME";
     public static final String NUM_MOVES = "NUM_MOVES";
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
     public static final String SEED = "SEED";
     public static final String SMSPHONE = "SMSPHONE";
     // not used yet
-    public static final String CREATE_TIME = "CREATE_TIME";
+    // public static final String CREATE_TIME = "CREATE_TIME";
+    public static final String CTIME = "CTIME";
     // not used yet
-    public static final String LASTPLAY_TIME = "LASTPLAY_TIME";
+    public static final String MTIME = "MTIME";
 
 
     public DBHelper( Context context )
@@ -85,8 +86,11 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
                     // HASMSGS: sqlite doesn't have bool; use 0 and 1
                     + HASMSGS    + " INTEGER DEFAULT 0,"
 
-                    + CREATE_TIME + " INTEGER,"
-                    + LASTPLAY_TIME + " INTEGER,"
+                    + CTIME      + " TIMESTAMP,"
+                    + MTIME      + " TIMESTAMP,"
+
+                    // + CREATE_TIME + " INTEGER,"
+                    // + LASTPLAY_TIME + " INTEGER,"
 
                     + SNAPSHOT   + " BLOB"
                     + ");" );
@@ -112,8 +116,24 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
     {
         Utils.logf( "onUpgrade: old: %d; new: %d", oldVersion, newVersion );
 
-        if ( newVersion == 6 && oldVersion == 5 ) {
-            onCreateObits(db);
+        if ( newVersion == 7 ) {
+            switch( oldVersion ) {
+            case 5:
+                onCreateObits( db );
+                // FALLTHRU
+            case 6:
+                // F*cking sqlite won't let me add a column with a
+                // non-constant default (i.e.  DEFAULT
+                // (datetime('now','localtime'))," so I'll have to add
+                // the value manually.  Or screw everybody and nuke
+                // the DB rather than modify it.  I want my
+                // postgres...
+                db.execSQL( "ALTER TABLE " + TABLE_NAME_SUM +
+                            " ADD " + CTIME + " TIMESTAMP;" );
+                db.execSQL( "ALTER TABLE " + TABLE_NAME_SUM 
+                            + " ADD " + MTIME + " TIMESTAMP;" );
+                break;
+            }
         } else {
             db.execSQL( "DROP TABLE " + TABLE_NAME_SUM + ";" );
             if ( oldVersion >= 6 ) {